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Join us as author Melissa Trempe reads her book Ladybug Launch: Inspired by a True Story of Chinitas in Space.
Visit us in Washington, DC and Chantilly, VA to explore hundreds of the world’s most significant objects in aviation and space history. Free timed-entry passes are required for the Museum in DC. This ...
This image depicts the distance from the Earth to the Moon and Sun, and the width of the Moon and the Sun. Not to scale.
Bring the Museum to you through these unique virtual programs for learners of all ages.
Plan your group visit to the National Air and Space Museum with engaging field trip programs for all ages, including hands-on labs and science demonstrations.
Charles M. Schulz and Walt Disney, the creators of some of the most endearing cartoon characters ever drawn, both found inspiration in the worlds of aviation and space.
One hundred years after the first U.S. Navy airship took to the skies, zeppelins and blimps are poised to make a comeback ...
Commercial landers signal a new era in lunar exploration. At the new Moonshot Museum in Pittsburgh, visitors can tour a lunar habitat, design a mission patch, and even build their own model rovers.
Aerial view of Hagerstown, Maryland, annotated with locations of properties in the Hagerstown, Maryland, area owned, operated, or subcontracted for use by Fairchild Aircraft Division of Fairchild ...
Rockets launched the Space Age. They provided the power needed to take spacecraft and people on flights beyond the Earth.
However, before the development of practical aircraft photography, aerial views of the Earth were obtained in different ways. Our first looks at the Earth from above came from kites, rockets, balloons ...
The National Air and Space Museum's Teacher Innovator Institute (TII) will welcome up to 30 teachers from across the United States each summer. Teachers will remain with the program for two summers, ...