Events

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

Unleash your students’ creativity through the medium of stop motion animation and try your hand at your own space-inspired animation.  

Earth isn’t the only place in our solar system with oceans, but these oceans aren’t quite what you’re used to here on our home planet.

In the early 1980s, IMAX, NASA, Lockheed Martin, and the National Air and Space Museum came together to create the first ever filmed-in-space large format movie, The Dream is Alive, which was released in June 1985. National Air and Space Society members are invited to this event celebrating the 40th anniversary of the  film.

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.

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 as we read Pilot Pups by Michelle Meadows!

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