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A digital rendering of a museum gallery shows several people standing in front of a display of three vintage biplanes. Behind the airplanes is a huge, floor-to-ceiling projection screen.

September 23, 2024

The Birth of Military Aviation

Story | Air & Space Quarterly

The National Air and Space Museum’s World War I: The Birth of Military Aviation gallery will highlight the war's central role in defining the nature of military aviation and the remarkable experiences of World War I aviators.

A white man in his early 70s stands inside a museum gallery. He is wearing glasses and smiling. Behind him, is the nose and forward fuselage of a Boeing 747 airplane. The 747 is painted in a red, gray, and white paint scheme.

September 23, 2024

Jumbo Jet

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How the National Air and Space Museum acquired the Boeing 747 for America by Air exhibition. 

A photo of the desolate lunar surface shows an Apollo astronaut standing beside a moon rover, parked on the edge of a vast deep crater.

September 23, 2024

A Breath of Fresh Air

Story | Air & Space Quarterly

Recent discoveries and news in aviation and space. 

Photo illustration of a small, unpiloted biplane with a metal and brown wood chassis flying over a countryside with a tiny white biplane below.

September 23, 2024

The Secret History of Drones

Story | Air & Space Quarterly

A short history of early 20th-century drones.

A black-and-white image shows three white men in their 30s, waving from the open door of a military helicopter. The men are wearing white shoes, pants, and shirts with a NASA logo.

September 23, 2024

Who Was Bill Anders?

Story | Air & Space Quarterly

Remembering astronaut Bill Anders.

A massive rocket engine, clearly old and used—and divided into separate parts—is mounted in a museum display.

September 23, 2024

Artifacts in Orbit

Story | Air & Space Quarterly

A 2013 expedition funded by Amazon founder Jeff Bezos recovered dozens of parts from the Saturn V rocket that launched Apollo 11 into space in 1969. 

In this black-and-white image, three young white girls standing in a yard play with a 3-foot-tall doll wearing a silver astronaut spacesuit. Two of the girls have pigtails and are wearing white tank tops and short skirts. A rocket model labeled "United States" stands to the side.

September 23, 2024

Toy Story

Story | Air & Space Quarterly

The story of NASM's three-foot-tall doll wearing a scaled-down copy of the real Mercury spacesuit. 

Against the black background of the cosmos is a large cloud containing streams of pink, blue, and white gas moving outward from the center.

September 23, 2024

X-Ray Vision

Story | Air & Space Quarterly

In its operation for over 25 years, NASA’s Chandra X-Ray Observatory has changed our understanding of the universe. 

A portrait of astronaut Michael López-Alegría in a white space suit, holding his helmet under his left arm. The suit features various patches, including a NASA emblem, an American flag, and mission insignia. An American flag is visible in the background.

September 18, 2024

Michael López-Alegría - Spacewalking Astronaut

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Michael López-Alegría, also known as “L-A,” is one of America’s most experienced astronauts. He has completed six space missions so far and commanded three of them, spending 296 days (about 9 and a half months) in space. He shares the current United States record for spacewalks with 10 total. And he isn’t finished yet.

The words "AirSpace, a podcast" appear in bold pink and white letters against a purple background.

September 12, 2024

AirSpace Season 9, Episode 9: Birds of a Feather

Story | AirSpace Podcast

It's a bird? It's a plane? Its a guy pretending to be a bird?? We have a very odd aircraft in the collection.