Visit us in Washington, DC and Chantilly, VA to explore hundreds of the world’s most significant objects in aviation and space history.
Learn how aviation and spaceflight transformed the world.
The lunar module represents one of humanity’s greatest achievements: landing people on another heavenly body.
Don’t miss our fast-paced webcasts designed to engage students in Science, Technology, Engineering, and Math in 30 minutes.
Apollo 11 was a global event. What did that historic mission mean to you? Share your story and read what others have to say.
Our scientists are involved in current research focused on the Martian climate and geology. Find out what we’re discovering.
Recognize your favorite air or space enthusiast. Add his or her name to the Museum’s Wall of Honor.
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Explore our learning resources related to flight.
Amazing Stories Balloons and Airships Early Flight Getting to Orbit How Things Fly In the Museum Innovations in Flight My Flight Story Pioneer Stories Spying From Above Vertical Flight Wright Brothers World War II Naval Aviation
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AirSpace: Help
AirSpace: Hail to the Chief
Korean War Adversaries
“We Heard a Loud Boom!”- Miracle on the Hudson
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STEM in 30: At the Balloon Fiesta
Making Hot Air Balloons
What is Buoyancy
Lift: Lighter Than Air Aircraft
Lighter Than Air
More about Civil War Ballooning More about Ballooning
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How Pigeons Helped the British in World War I
STEM in 30: Kites
Kites to Flight-Inventing with the Wright Brothers
AirSpace: The Ninety-Nines
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Rocket Lab
Gravity Keeps Us Down to Earth
Thrust: Rocket Engines
Is There Gravity in Orbit?
Orbital Motion
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Engineering Design Challenge
Create Your Own Paper Airplane
Controlled Flight
Forces of Flight
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Inside the Cockpit of Amelia Earhart's Vega
5 Things to Know about the Spitfire
A Closer Look at Landing Gear
A Guiding Light: The Airway Beacon Tower
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What is the Boeing CST-100 Starliner?
Ten Objects that Transformed the World
Explore the F-117 Nighthawk
NASA’s X-57: Electric is the Shape of Things to Come
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From Cowboy Boots to Space Boots
Meet Astronauts Terry Virts & Samantha Cristoferetti
Teacher Edition with NASA Astronaut Ricky Arnold
AirSpace: Bailing Out
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What da Vinci and Skydiver Alan Eustace Have in Common
Milestones of Flight: The Lindberghs
Second to None: Apollo 12 Crew
Samuel Langley
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Tour of the SR-71 Blackbird
Airspace: Spies in the Skies
STEM in 30: Spy Planes - Eyes in the Sky
The A-12 Oxcart on Display at CIA Headquarters
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The Science of Vertical Flight
Helicoptor Flight: 360 Video
Helicopter Controls
Copters, Choppers, and the Phrog
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The Wright Stuff: Flying the Wright Flyer
Wright Brothers Patent Journey
Could the Wright Brothers Fly Today's Commercial Planes?
Wing Warping the Wright Way
Wright Brothers' Flight Path
Airplane's Family Tree: From Wright Brothers to Today
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Protecting the Beaches on D-Day
Women Airforce Service Pilots
Behind the Scenes at the Flak-Bait
Tuskegee Airmen
Podcast: Danger Zone
Making Waves
Aboard the USS Dwight D. Eisenhower CVN 69
Blue Angel Joins the Collection
Women in Aviation
Discover women in aviation who are featured in exhibits at our Steven F. Udvar-Hazy Center. Start by downloading the Go... Expedition app and then browse to the Expedition.
