Join us for in-person and 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 and 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.
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OSIRIS-REx: Revealing Secrets from the Dawn of our Solar System
National Air and Space Museum in Washington, DC and Presented Online
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“Adventure is Worthwhile": A Conversation with Pilot Tammie Jo Shults
Steven F. Udvar-Hazy Center in Chantilly, VA and Presented Online
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Lecture
OSIRIS-REx: Revealing Secrets from the Dawn of our Solar System
National Air and Space Museum in Washington, DC and Presented Online
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In 2016, the OSIRIS-REx spacecraft began its journey to Bennu, a carbon-rich, near-Earth asteroid, to collect a sample. The sample returned to Earth in 2023. Analysis of the sample promises to provide insights into the formation of the Earth as a habitable world and the origin of life.
Topics: SpaceflightSolar SystemSmall solar system bodiesScience
Lecture
“Adventure is Worthwhile": A Conversation with Pilot Tammie Jo Shults
Steven F. Udvar-Hazy Center in Chantilly, VA and Presented Online
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“Adventure is worthwhile,” Amelia Earhart once said. And that has certainly rung true for U.S. Navy pilot and commercial airline captain Tammie Jo Shults (Ret.).
Topics: AviationPeopleWomenRecords and FirstsMilitary aviation
Lecture
Bringing Mars Samples Back to Earth
National Air and Space Museum in Washington, DC and Presented Online
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Some of our biggest questions relating to the formation and planetary-scale evolution of Mars can only be addressed by detailed analyses of carefully selected Martian samples in state-of-the-art Earth-based laboratories.
Topics: SpaceflightSolar SystemSmall solar system bodiesScience
Family Day
Soar Together Family Day: The Future of Transportation
Steven F. Udvar-Hazy Center in Chantilly, VA and Presented Online
On Site: June 15, 2024 | 10am - 3pm Virtual: Launches June 14, 2024
Imagine air taxis and drone deliveries becoming a regular part of your neighborhood! It's all part of the exciting topic of advanced air mobility.
Topics: Technology and EngineeringAviation
Story Time
Story Time: Rosie Revere, Engineer
Presented Online
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Join us for a reading of Andrea Beaty’s popular book, Rosie Revere, Engineer and consider how you might be involved in helping to create the future of transportation. After the story, we will draw our own designs for futuristic transportation and then create models of our ideas out of upcycled materials, just like Rosie.