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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February 26, 2024

AirSpace Season 8, Leap Day Bonus: Accounting for the Ish

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Did you know that it takes the Earth 365-ish days to orbit the sun?

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February 22, 2024

AirSpace Season 8, Episode 11: Liberation through Exploration

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Today we're talking about Afrofuturist space and Afronauts and walking through the Afrofuturism exhibit by our friends at the National Museum of African American History and Culture.

Portrait of Frederick Gregory, a middle aged African American man in a NASA flight suit.

February 17, 2024

Washington, DC’s Renowned Astronaut, Col. Frederick D. Gregory

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Frederick Drew Gregory, is the first astronaut born, reared, and educated in the nation’s capital, Washington, DC, which is also home to the Smithsonian’s National Air and Space Museum. He is a veteran of three space shuttle missions and the first African American to pilot and command a mission in space. He is also the first African American to rise to the second-highest NASA leadership position, Deputy Administrator.

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February 08, 2024

AirSpace Season 8, Episode 10: Love at First Flight

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Hollywood is in love with airports and airplanes and we are too! How many rom-coms can you name with a romantic chase through the terminal or twist of fate seat assignment?

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January 31, 2024

AirSpace Season 8, Ep. 9: Video Killed the Radio Star

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MTV used that iconic neon scribbled astronaut as its channel ID for years. And even today the award you get when you win a VMA is a statuette of an Apollo era astronaut, but why is MTV obsessed with the Moonman?

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January 11, 2024

AirSpace Season 8, Ep. 8: An Eye from Above

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Hurricanes are a fact of life in the Caribbean but in 2017, the season was so bad that it changed everything for the people of Puerto Rico. We spoke to two Coast Guard members, as well as one of our own colleagues, about what the hurricane was like, and what happened after.

Walt Disney, an senior man in a white button up short-sleeved shirt, with a tie and slacks, greets a small crowd of people in front of his airplane, which is large enough it extends out of frame and is white with orange and blue stripes.

January 03, 2024

Mickey Mouse One

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Walt Disney was an aviation enthusiast who traveled around the country aboard his private airplane, which was nicknamed Mickey Mouse One.

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December 28, 2023

AirSpace Season 8, Episode 7 - 31,500 Miles

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In January 1942 a B-314 flying boat operated by Pan American World Airways landed in New York after making arguably the first around the world flight by a commercial airliner. But when they set out from San Francisco in 1941, they never intended to hold that record.

A military jet powered by twin jet engines lifts off from the deck of a U.S. Navy aircraft carrier. The ocean is visible beyond the flight deck.

December 21, 2023

Just Doing Their Jobs

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In this Air and Space Quarterly exclusive, five U.S. Navy pilots who became the first American women to fly in combat tell their stories.

The distinctive, bug-shaped Apollo lunar lander floats above the cratered lunar surface, which fills most of the image. The lander is silver with instruments afixed to the outside.

December 20, 2023

Snoopy In Space

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Charles M. Schulz and Walt Disney, the creators of some of the most endearing cartoon characters ever drawn, both found inspiration in the worlds of aviation and space.