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.
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.
Join us to hear a reading of Sally’s Great Ballooning Adventure by Stephen Huneck and imagine what it would be like to take a balloon trip. What color would your balloon be? Make a balloon-inspired craft that flies up in our wind tunnel.
National Air and Space Museum in Washington, DC
Some of our solar system's moons are ocean worlds that may be habitable for some form of life... though not for humans. Join Amanda Hendrix, senior scientist at the Planetary Science Institute, to explore the habitability of worlds in the outer solar system.
Take a look through our telescopes and see the wonders of the night sky.
Observe the Sun safely using a filtered telescope.
Get to know the night sky in this live planetarium show.
Observe the Sun safely using a filtered telescope.
Observe the Sun safely using a filtered telescope.
Join us for a reading of Space Spinners by Suze MacDonald and learn about a real science experiment with spiders that was conducted aboard Skylab fifty years ago.
This month we celebrate the 50th anniversary of Skylab, America's first space station. Discover how the lessons we learned from it have helped to improve life in space for astronauts today!
Observe the Sun safely using a filtered telescope.