Showing 1 - 10 of 1848

A photo of the floor in the Milestones of Flight Hall at the National Air and Space Museum. In the floor is a design featuring the Museum's logo at its center, surrounded by a circle, with 15 spokes coming out of the circle. Some of the spokes are solid lines and some are dots and dashes.

February 23, 2026

Recalculating the Pulsar Map for the 21st Century

Story

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.

Four astronauts (a white man and a black man on the left and a white woman and a white man on the right) in blue astronaut flight suits stand outside on grass with water behind them. The orange SLS rocket can be seen in the distance between them.

February 19, 2026

What is Artemis II?

Story

What you need to know about NASA's Artemis II mission to the Moon.

A rover on a rocky, reddish-brown Martian landscape under a gradient sky. The rover's intricate components and wheels are visible as it appears to navigate the rough terrain.

February 18, 2026

Five Years of Perseverance Rover on Mars

Story

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.

The pink AirSpace logo is overlaid on an image of two black and white dogs wearing sunglasses and relaxing on a black airport tarmac relaxing

February 12, 2026

Working Dogs at Airports

Story | AirSpace Podcast

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. 

Tow rock like material appearing to form together in space.

February 09, 2026

Can Planets Collide with Each Other?

Story

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?

A photograph featuring the conical silver Orion spacecraft and cylindrical European Service Module in the foreground as it travels through space. In the background the Moon and then the Earth can be seen in the far distance.

February 02, 2026

What is the Artemis Program?

Story

People may know Artemis as NASA’s return-to-the-Moon program. However, it is much more than a rerun of Project Apollo.

The AirSpace logo, along with the word "live!", is overlaid in white text over an image of the inside of a refrigerator with various foods

January 22, 2026

The Future of Cooking (and Eating) in Space

Story | AirSpace Podcast

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. 

An art gallery floor plan illustration with two display cases on the left and artwork on a blue wall on the right.

January 14, 2026

Flight and the Arts

Story | Air & Space Quarterly

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.

NACA Wind Tunnel Fan on display in the Boeing Milestones of Flight Hall

January 12, 2026

The Delicate Work of Suspending a 6,800-Pound Wind Tunnel Fan

Story

The surprisingly delicate process of suspending large artifacts, including the amazing people who do both the literal and figurative heavy lifting.

The AirSpace logo is overlaid on a foggy background with a black smoky circle of an alien language.

January 08, 2026

Movie Mini: Arrival

Story | AirSpace Podcast

In this "movie mini," Matt and Emily discuss the sci-fi film Arrival (2016), based on Ted Chiang's novella Story of Your Life.