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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December 18, 2024 The Ilyushin Il-2 Was Known as the “Flying Tank” Story | Air & Space Quarterly

What's new in aviation and space.

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December 18, 2024 This Trophy Chest Belonged to Amelia Earhart Story | Air & Space Quarterly

Amelia Earhart's trophy chest will be displayed in the Barron Hilton Pioneers of Flight gallery in 2025.

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December 12, 2024 QueerSpace In Memoriam: Saxophones on the Moon Story | AirSpace Podcast

We were devastated when we heard of Nikki Giovanni's passing earlier this week. We are in the process of sharing our favorite episodes from the past and felt it was fitting to bring you back our QueerSpace episode featuring Nikki among other futurist artists. 

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December 05, 2024 AirSpace Season 10 Episode 0: Meet Your AirSpacers Story | AirSpace Podcast

Hey Y'all! Since we've made it to season 10 (!!!) we thought we'd take the opportunity to re-introduce ourselves. In this episode you can hear a little more about Hosts Matt and Emily as well as a little bit about the rest of the team behind your favorite pod (we hope).

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November 28, 2024 AirSpace Bonus! The Air Up There: Airplane Facts with Max Story | AirSpace Podcast

While we get Season 10 ready we're bringing you this episode from our friends at the Federal Aviation Administration's Podcast, The Air Up There.

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November 27, 2024 Meteorite-Triggered Floods on Mars Story

Examples of large-scale valleys and channels around some large impact craters whose formation and activity appears to vary indicates tremendous discharges of water that largely postdate the ancient period of widespread water flow on the Red Planet. 

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November 14, 2024 What Makes a Moon a Moon? Story

A moon is a planetary body that goes around another planetary body. Usually, this is one or more moons going around a planet, but it doesn’t have to be a planet. In Star Wars, the Death Star is not a moon because it isn’t a naturally occurring satellite: the International Space Station, the Juno spacecraft orbiting Jupiter, or any of the telecommunications satellites we rely on in low Earth orbit are satellites, but are not moons.

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November 14, 2024 AirSpace Revisited: Journey to the Past Story | AirSpace Podcast

As we wait for season TEN (!!!) we're looking back on this season six favorite. Every day, satellites orbit Earth taking pictures. These images are used for everything from intelligence to weather prediction and even today’s topic – archaeology. 

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October 31, 2024 AirSpace Season 9 Bonus! Voting from a Station Far Far Away Story | AirSpace Podcast

Have you ever wondered how astronauts on the ISS or elsewhere in space vote? We'll tell you exactly how to cast a ballot from 250 miles up in orbit on AirSpace.

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October 24, 2024 AirSpace Season 9, Episode 12: Defying Gravity Story | AirSpace Podcast

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. 

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