Stories of daring, stories of technological feats, stories of prevailing against the odds ... these are the stories we tell at the National Air and Space Museum. Dive in to the stories below to discover, learn, and be inspired.
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June 20, 2023
Visitors to the National Air and Space Museum can see a DC-3 that flew more than 56,700 hours for Eastern Air Lines.
June 17, 2023
If you think bungee jumping is scary, look at what Joe Kittinger did.
June 17, 2023
The Pioneers of Flight gallery preview.
June 08, 2023
Season seven is over but don’t despair! We have some fun new things headed your way soon. In the meantime, we borrowed this episode from our friends at Smithsonian’s Sidedoor to tide you all over.
June 05, 2023
The latest news in aviation and space.
February 24, 2023
James Banning is perhaps best known for this record-setting transcontinental flight, but his story and accomplishments started years earlier.
February 16, 2023
Maj. Gen. Charles Bolden was NASA's first African American Administrator. He also served in the military and logged over 680 hours in space.
February 14, 2023
Cornelius Coffey was an advocate for the education of Black Americans in aeronautics.
February 01, 2023
Chawla made history as the first Indian woman, and the first South Asian American woman, to fly in space. Discover her story.
December 19, 2022
If you were the Wright brothers, you would turn your attention not to perfecting your flying skills but securing a patent and finding customers for their groundbreaking invention.