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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August 01, 2023 How Did We Discover the Planets? Story

When you look up you can see the stars, the Moon, and sometimes even other planets! We know what these otherworldly objects are because of centuries of research carried out by curious stargazers before us.  

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June 19, 2023 Diamond in the Dark Story | Air & Space Quarterly

Scientists are excited about Enceladus as a potential place for life and, more important, as a planet where we can look for life using existing technology and even predict, with some precision, the locations on the icy moon Saturn where we would most likely find this life.

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May 09, 2023 AirSpace Season 7, Ep. 11: Mars! Story | AirSpace Podcast

From Dante to Matt Damon, Percival Lowell to Perseverance, humans have long wondered about, studied, and eventually explored our closest planetary neighbor, Mars.

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February 23, 2023 AirSpace Season 7, Ep. 6: Drops From Jupiter Story | AirSpace Podcast

The Juno spacecraft currently orbiting Jupiter almost didn’t have a camera, and boy would that have been a shame. On this episode of AirSpace, we unpack how JunoCam has contributed to science and completely changed the way we view this beautiful gas giant.

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November 18, 2022 A Milestone for Curiosity: 10 Years of Exploration in Gale Crater on Mars Story

The Curiosity rover reached a significant milestone on Mars this year. The rover has been exploring the Gale crater for 10 years. Read more on how Curiosity shows no signs of slowing down and the discoveries related to the past potential habitability of the Red Planet.

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September 21, 2022 The Planet Detective Story | Air & Space Quarterly

Bruce Campbell is a senior scientist at the National Air and Space Museum’s Center for Earth and Planetary Studies, where he studies the surface and subsurface geology of the moon, Mars, Venus, and the icy moons of the outer planets. 

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July 15, 2022 Probing Hostile Planets Story

Spacecraft face a dramatic range of conditions, from airless worlds bombarded by tiny meteorites to environmental extremes, when exploring our Universe. 

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July 14, 2022 How the Rocky Planets Got Their Shapes Story

Join us in taking a closer look at how Mercury, Venus, Earth, and Mars took shape.  

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July 14, 2022 Exploring the Red Planet with Robots Story

Take a look back with us at the landers, rovers, and helicopter that have explored Mars.

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July 14, 2022 4 Ways We Have Explored Our Planets Story

Lean about four different ways we explore and research the planets in our Solar System.

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