Learning Resources

Join us for a lively conversation with curators and Museum staff on the ups and downs of this exhibition.

Interested in becoming a pilot? This discussion features pilots Shaesta Waiz and Maj. Kristofer W. Duckett sharing their journeys and achievements.

Representatives from NASA’s Launch Services discuss the mission flow up to launch.

This program will tell the story of the inLook at how Museum conservator, Lisa Young examined and prepared the object for display using microscopic examination of the materials.

During his 165 days in space, NASA astronaut Reid Wiseman took all of us back on Earth along for the journey.

This presentation looks at the past, present, and future of EVA (extra–vehicular activity) tools.

Jeremy Kinney, from the National Air and Space Museum as well as Seth Paridon and Kate Fitzgerald from the National World War II Museum in New Orleans discuss World War II and Victory in Europe!

Join NASA Astronaut Anne McClain, National Air and Space Museum spacesuit curator Dr. Cathleen Lewis, and conservator Lisa Young in this discussion about spacesuits.

In this Live Chat, host Beth Wilson talks with astronaut Mary Cleave and Jim Ottaviani and Maris Wicks, the author and illustrator of the graphic novel Astronauts: Women on the Final Frontier.

In 1903 the Wright brothers developed and flew the first successful airplane. This chat features Tom Crouch, Wright brothers historian, and Keith Yourg, a relative of Orville and Wilbur Wright.

In this edition museum curator Jennifer Levasseur, NASA chief historian Bill Barry, and astronaut Michael López-Alegría discuss the first American spacewalk.

Why are airplane wings shaped the way they are? What can pretzels tell you about flying? Instead of catching a nap or flipping through the in-flight magazine, do some experiments next time you fly.