All Smithsonian museums, including our locations in D.C. and Virginia, will be closed on Sunday, Jan. 25, and Monday, Jan. 26 due to winter weather.
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 24, 2025
Pulling back the curtain on artifacts in storage.
June 04, 2025
Many are familiar with Rosie the Riveter. However, women also played an important role in World War I, especially in regard to aviation.
May 22, 2025
Chauncey Spencer and Dale White were charged with flying to DC to advocate for opportunities for Black pilots.
May 21, 2025
Charles Alfred Anderson most accomplished aviators in the country and a ground-breaking advocate for Black pilots.
May 20, 2025
Fifty years after his death, and nearly 100 since he was thrust into the global spotlight, Charles Lindbergh’s legacy remains complicated.
May 08, 2025
If you were curating a mixtape that might be heard by aliens billions of years from now, but definitely would be seen by your fellow Earthlings, what would you put on it? Learn about the Voyager Golden Record on the latest AirSpace.
May 08, 2025
If you were curating a mixtape that might be heard by aliens billions of years from now, but definitely would be seen by your fellow Earthlings, what would you put on it? Learn about the Voyager Golden Record on the latest AirSpace.
October 24, 2024
With the Wicked movie coming out this November, we thought we'd look back on all things flight in the land of Oz and tell you all about how those effects were made for the screen and the stage.
August 08, 2024
Over six missions, the Apollo astronauts collected and brought back 842 pounds of Lunar samples. Who decides what rocks go where? And how did the National Cathedral get a rock to put in a stained glass window??
July 25, 2024
Our conversation with Jack Black and his brother Neil Siegal about their Mother, Judith Love Cohen was too good just to give you just the taste from the end of our Star Search episode.