Smithsonian curator Michael Neufeld recounts the harrowing details of when Gemini Vlll astronauts faced the first life-threatening, in-flight emergency
When Tuskegee student Sammy Younge, Jr., was murdered in 1966, his classmates focused their righteous anger on a local monument
Americans have a long tradition of inspiring and elevating movements for change using benefit concerts, song and other artistic traditions
On that April 'Black Thursday' 70 years ago, the air war over Korea changed as the Allies scrambled to counter the superior MiG-15 jet fighter
It is time to honor six decades of women's contributions to spaceflight, says the Air and Space Museum, with unbiased verbs like 'crewed' or 'piloted'
In a new podcast, the National Portrait Gallery reveals that a portrait is being commissioned of the former president
The German physicist toured the nation as a fundraiser for Zionist causes, even though he was personally torn on the topic of a Jewish nation
Take a deep-dive into the story behind this rarely published Smithsonian portrait of the legendary writer
These April releases elevate overlooked stories and offer insights on oft-discussed topics
Crimilda Pontes was the Institution’s first official graphic designer and the designer of the iconic sunburst symbol
Photographer Andrew Feiler's years-long journey through 15 Southern states rescued stories of the fading buildings and the lives they changed
Spotting smoke from towers on high peaks could have been deemed 'man's work,' but a few pioneers paved the way for generations of women to do the job
Amplify the voices of teens, share their suggestions on how to support young leaders’ efforts without disrupting their individual agency
One of the first three woman to be accepted into the Academy of Natural Sciences, Lewis left behind a legacy of science and soclal progress
As citizen of the Choctaw Nation of Oklahoma, a prom dress became the perfect vehicle to signal the epidemic of missing and murdered Indigenous women
The 80th anniversary of the first Black flying unit is a time to recall the era when military service meant confronting foes both at home and abroad
Though they were just a small percentage of the state’s population, African Americans petitioned the state of Ohio to repeal racist laws
The young black men served a combined total of 130 years for a crime they never committed
As a medical breakthrough unfolded in the early 1950s, newspapers filled pages with debates over vaccine science and anecdotes about kids receiving shots
Meet a forgotten hero of our natural world whose brave campaign to protect birds charted a new course for the environmental movement
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