This exhibit is now closed. In this display, Neil Armstrong’s spacesuit from the historic Apollo 11 Moon landing was back on the Museum floor for the first time in 13 years. The spacesuit underwent an ...

The Curtiss JN-4D is almost synonymous with American aviation in the 1920s. The Jenny, as it was affectionately called, appeared in 1917. Heretofore having only produced pusher aircraft, Glenn Curtiss ...

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.

Gemini VIII lifts off atop a Titan II rocket with command pilot Neil Armstrong and pilot David Scott aboard. Fifty-five years ago, on March 16, 1966, the Gemini VIII astronauts made the world’s first ...

In the fall of 1942, Heinkel received a contract for the He S 011, a high pressure ratio engine with a growth potential of 15,568 N (3,500 lb.). Dr. Hans von Ohain, who generally shares credit with ...

This exhibition is now closed. The National Air and Space Museum welcomes Red Bull Stratos into its permanent collection. The Museum displayed this temporary exhibition Red Bull Stratos: Mission to ...

This year, we're all voting in different ways — mailing our ballots in, dropping them off at a ballot box, early voting, and casting our votes in person on Election Day. NASA astronaut Kate Rubins' ...

Spacecraft and rockets were essential tools in getting Apollo astronauts to the Moon. The crewed Apollo missions were each launched aboard a Saturn V rocket and remains the United States largest and ...

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.

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. The ...

The AirSpace podcast is cooking up something very special... our first-ever LIVE episode recording from the Museum! AirSpace hosts Matt & Emily will be joined by an expert panel to discuss the future ...

It’s 98 degrees and 74% humidity outside. Beads of sweat start gathering above your brow. In seconds, those beads balloon and begin a hurried descent to your neck, then your back, until finally you’re ...