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A former Blackbird pilot now volunteers at the National Air and Space Museum.

A new book reveals how badly the Soviets wanted to win the early space race.

Crop-dusting was an often hazardous occupation, until a maverick entrepreneur and pilot designed the right airplanes for the job. 

The National Air and Space Museum’s new look at the technology that helped build our global village.

As we ring in 2022, we celebrate the friends that make the National Air and Space Museum so special.

After World War I, many people began to operate commercial airlines. But every one of these early efforts failed because of high operating costs.

Soon we will be witnessing the unfolding of another chapter in the Space Age. As the James Webb Space Telescope prepares for launch, there is still much tension and uncertainty amongst the scientists and engineers involved and the space community at large. Read about the intricacies involved in getting Webb to its final orbiting destination.

Traveling for the holidays? Would you rather take a trip to the Moon? On this episode of AirSpace, we’re breaking down Georges Méliès' iconic 1902 film “Le Voyage Dans La Lune.” Silent and only about 13 minutes long, this classic might lack a bit of 21st century movie pizazz but it was absolutely groundbreaking to science fiction and filmmaking.  Based on Jules Verne’s “From the Earth to the Moon,” it was the first film to depict space travel. It also features many moviemaking techniques Méliès pioneered in filming, editing, and storytelling that are still used by the film industry today.  We hear lunar weather this time of year is lovely – come on in, the spaceship is fine!

While fashion accessories may not be the first thing that comes to mind when thinking of the National Air and Space Museum, this collection captures the diversity and playfulness of flight crew dress across the decades.

New airlines emerging after World War II began operating on a nonscheduled basis and offering the first discount fares, undermining the government's regulated airfare system.