Exhibitions

High Art: A Decade of Collecting presents 50 works acquired by the Museum from 2003 to 2013.

How Things Fly explains the basic principles that allow aircraft and spacecraft to fly. 

In Plane View was an exhibition of 56 large-format photographs by Carolyn Russo showcasing the aesthetic quality of some of the National Air and Space Museum's iconic aircraft.

This gallery told the story of the first 40 years of jet aviation (1939-79). Featured were a Messerschmitt Me 262 (world's first operational jet fighter), Lockheed XP-80, and McDonnell FH-1 Phantom.

Since the launch of its first satellite in 1972, the Landsat series has provided the longest record of land surface remote sensing from space.

Looking at Earth explores the technology of aerial and space observation and its many uses.

This exhibition featured 32 vintage European aviation posters. Created primarily to entice spectators to air meets, these rarely found posters document the marketing of early flight from its infancy (1880s) to the beginning of World War I (1915).

This display area contained the Apollo Lunar Module, Lunar Orbiter, Surveyor, Ranger, and Clementine spacecraft.

 Modern military UAV's are playing an ever greater roll in the armed forces, from reconnaissance to combat missions.

Moving Beyond Earth traced the recent history of human spaceflight and explores future possibilities.