Events

Join educators from the National Air and Space Museum as we explore our dynamic solar system in a live, interactive planetarium show.

DiBraccio will highlight how Mars' ocean escaped into space through the atmosphere, and Malespin will tell us all about how Mars' rovers have deepened our understanding of the fate of oceans on Mars from the ground.

Join us as we read Pilot Pups by Michelle Meadows!

Do you like to build and play with models? So do aerospace experts! This month's family day explores how small models of aircraft and spacecraft play a big role in helping us imagine, design, build, and fly the real thing. 

Join us for a reading of The Noisy Airplane Ride by Mike Downs! 

This month, we explore the sounds of air and space - from the engine's roar and the sonic boom to the music inspired by space and astronomy. 

Join educators from the National Air and Space Museum as we explore our dynamic solar system in a live, interactive planetarium show.

Sixty years ago this fall, Lt. (j.g.) Porter Halyburton’s McDonnell F-4B Phantom was struck by anti-aircraft artillery while flying over North Vietnam. Join us as Halyburton delivers a candid talk about his seven years as a prisoner of war.

Often called Earth's twin, there is much debate over Venus' status as a watery world: If Venus had oceans, where did all that water go?

Seventy-one percent of Earth’s surface is covered in oceans, but did you ever wonder why? Explore where Earth's ocean water came from and how we know