Stories of daring, stories of technological feats, stories of prevailing against the odds ... these are the stories we tell at the National Air and Space Museum. Dive in to the stories below to discover, learn, and be inspired.
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February 23, 2026
The design embedded in the terrazzo floor of the Boeing Milestones of Flight Hall is based on a famous illustration from the 1970s that shows the location of Earth’s solar system.
February 19, 2026
What you need to know about NASA's Artemis II mission to the Moon.
February 18, 2026
NASA’s Perseverance rover touched down in Jezero crater, Mars on February 18, 2021. This blog highlights some of the biggest breakthroughs from the first five years of the Mars 2020 mission.
February 12, 2026
Today on AirSpace: it’s Canine Career Day! We discuss the surprisingly wide variety of airport dog jobs, and hear from a few lucky humans about their unique coworkers.
February 09, 2026
Planet collisions make for spectacular, heart‑pounding movie moments, the kind that send shockwaves across a theater. But how often do events that dramatic actually unfold in the real universe?
February 02, 2026
People may know Artemis as NASA’s return-to-the-Moon program. However, it is much more than a rerun of Project Apollo.
January 22, 2026
Delicious, nutritious, LIVE! In our first-ever live podcast taping from the Museum, we spoke to a chef, a curator of Space History, and the inventor of a next-gen space oven about the future of cooking and eating in space.
January 14, 2026
The new Flight and the Arts Center explores the relationship between art and the transformative experience of flight through a permanent collection display coupled with temporary exhibitions.
January 12, 2026
The surprisingly delicate process of suspending large artifacts, including the amazing people who do both the literal and figurative heavy lifting.
January 08, 2026
In this "movie mini," Matt and Emily discuss the sci-fi film Arrival (2016), based on Ted Chiang's novella Story of Your Life.