Join us for in-person or online events. We have events going on at the National Air and Space Museum in Washington, DC, at the Steven F Udvar-Hazy Center in Chantilly, VA, around the DC Metropolitan area, and online.
Observe the Sun safely using a filtered telescope.
Join us for a reading of Yellow Copter by Kersten Hamilton and learn about why helicopters are often painted bright colors and used as rescue vehicles. Then use brightly colored paper to make your own spinning copter and test it in our wind tunnel.
Join us for a reading of Pluto’s Secret, An Icy World’s Tale of Discovery by Margaret Weitekamp, David DeVorkin and illustrated by our educator, Diane Kidd. Learn about the icy worlds that exist at the edge of our solar system and then stay to create a model of a planet or the whole solar system.
Join us for a reading of Pluto’s Secret, An Icy World’s Tale of Discovery by Margaret Weitekamp, David DeVorkin and illustrated by our educator, Diane Kidd. Learn about the icy worlds that exist at the edge of our solar system and then stay to create a model of a planet or the whole solar system.
Join us for a reading of Pluto’s Secret, An Icy World’s Tale of Discovery by Margaret Weitekamp, David DeVorkin and illustrated by our educator, Diane Kidd. Learn about the icy worlds that exist at the edge of our solar system and then stay to create a model of a planet or the whole solar system.
Join us for a reading of Pluto’s Secret, An Icy World’s Tale of Discovery by Margaret Weitekamp, David DeVorkin and illustrated by our educator, Diane Kidd. Learn about the icy worlds that exist at the edge of our solar system and then stay to create a model of a planet or the whole solar system.
Join us for a reading of Pluto’s Secret, An Icy World’s Tale of Discovery by Margaret Weitekamp, David DeVorkin and illustrated by our educator, Diane Kidd. Learn about the icy worlds that exist at the edge of our solar system and then stay to create a model of a planet or the whole solar system.
Join us for a reading of Chris Gall’s There’s Nothing to Do on Mars for a retro-futuristic science fiction glimpse into colonizing other planets.
How did science fiction inspire air and space inventions we see in use today and in our everyday lives? Join us as we explore this question, from the way we communicate and connect with one another, or explore our planet and others!