Collections
Stories
Topics
Collections
On Demand
For Researchers

File URL

In the foreground of the image, airplanes hang from the ceiling and model aircraft seem to float in exhibit cases. In the background is a brightly lit section with "Do you want to fly?" written on the wall. Interactives for children peek through the business of the foreground, including a model cockpit and hot air balloon.

Barron Hilton Pioneers of Flight

File URL

A curved domed capsule on the left side of the image, with other technology hanging to the right.

Futures in Space

File URL

From their vantage point inside the gallery, the viewer is surrounded by World War I airplanes that are hung to look as though they're flying and alighting. On the walls surrounding the planes are contextualizing artifacts.

World War I: The Birth of Military Aviation

File URL

Inside the blue World War I gallery, a visitor is faced with a flight suit. Behind it, a variety of biplanes hang from the ceiling or sit on the floor. Around the walls, are display cases of additional artifacts and panels that add contextualizing info.

World War I: The Birth of Military Aviation

File URL

An empty museum gallery with various air and spacecraft. On the left wall is a wind turbine, two rockets, and a plane. In the middle is an electronic banner, showing John Glenn.

Boeing Milestones of Flight Hall

File URL

The entrance to a Museum gallery labeled "Pioneers of Flight." Hanging above the entrance is "Spirit of St. Louis," a small silver airplane with a propeller. Below it are metal cases. There are other aircraft hanging from the ceiling or mounted as in flight.

Barron Hilton Pioneers in Flight

File URL

A grey spacecraft stands like a crab on four legs with a large "body" on a floor simulating the floor of Mars. Behind it is an image of Mars, and two capsules used for human spaceflight.

Viking Lander at the Boeing Milestones of Flight Hall

File URL

World War I era biplanes overlap each other in the viewers siteline in this photograph taken inside the gallery, giving the effect of a dogfight or planes taking off for their missions.

Looking Up in the World War I: The Birth of Military Aviation

A person looking through a telescope outside

Observing the Sun at the National Mall Building

A child looks into the eyepiece of a large telescope at night

A young visitor looking into a telescope eyepiece during stargazing

A young visitor looks through a telescope eyepiece

A young visitor looks through a telescope during stargazing

Video

What causes the crescent shadows on the ground during a solar eclipse?

April 09, 2024
Video

The Great American Eclipse Part 2 (STEM in 30 Season 10 Episode 6)

April 01, 2024
Video

Setting Benchmarks and Breaking World Records (STEM in 30 Season 10 Episode 5)

March 01, 2024
Video

International Collaboration: Building the New Frontier (STEM in 30 Season 10 Episode 4)

February 27, 2024
Video

Teacher Resources: Visualizing Data With Space Images

February 06, 2024