Air and Space Museum
This Souped-Up Scuba Suit Made a Stratospheric Leap
The record-breaking Alan Eustace found just the right fit for his 25-mile free fall by marrying scuba technology with a space suit
The 'Queen of the Sky' Is Finally Getting Her Due
On her birthday, we're remembering Bessie Coleman's incredible achievements
When Was the First Inaugural Ball?
Nothing says there’s a new president in town more than the dance party they throw
Take a Smithsonian Tour of All Things Presidential
Here's how to locate official presidential portraits, works of art, material culture and campaign memorabilia across the Smithsonian
For a Larger-Than-Life Space Icon, John Glenn Was Remarkably Down-to-Earth
Friends and colleagues recall his abiding love for Smithsonian’s work, the history of spaceflight and peanut butter buckeyes
At Pearl Harbor, This Aircraft Risked It All to Find the Japanese Fleet
The Sikorsky JRS-1 flew right through the middle of it on December 7, 1941
How Artists, Mad Scientists and Speculative Fiction Writers Made Spaceflight Possible
A new book chronicles spaceflight’s centuries-long journey from dream to reality
Mercury Is Tectonically Active, Making It Uniquely Like Earth
A whole new picture of Mercury's geologic history emerges, showing its crust is being thrust up and its surface is changing over time
You, Too, Could Own a Copy of the Voyager Golden Record
Ozma records is producing a box set of the album sent into the cosmos to reach out to potential extraterrestrial life
The Mission to Restore the Original Starship Enterprise
The beloved 1960s studio model stars in <em>Building Star Trek</em>, a documentary premiering on Smithsonian Channel this Sunday
NASA Accidentally Sold a Precious Apollo Artifact
A seemingly simple bag is at the center of multiple lawsuits
Explore the Apollo 11 Command Module in 3D
For the first time, you can peek inside the craft that enabled “one giant leap for mankind”
Gotta Catch ‘Em All on the National Mall
Sergeant Nadia Tyler, a security guard at Smithsonian’s National Museum of the American Indian, is collecting Pokémon creatures daily
Catch the Spiffy New Look for the Hall that Houses The Spirit of St. Louis, Bell X-1 and Other Famous Flyers
Just in time for its 40th birthday, the museum revamps its main exhibition hall and Star Trek "Enterprise" debuts
A Recently Acquired Hot-Air Balloon Reminds a Smithsonian Curator of Another Tale of Ballooning Adventure
At the Udvar-Hazy Center this weekend, see the Smithsonian’s new modern hot-air balloon
The First Delivery Drone in the United States Lands a Spot at the Smithsonian
The Flirtey F3.0 hexacopter touches ground at the National Air and Space Museum
The Starship Enterprise Is Coming in for a New Landing at the Smithsonian
This artifact in the Air and Space Museum collections boldly returns to public view
The NASA Robot That Failed to Do Its Job
A cautionary tale about the android who just wasn't suited for the task at hand
Explore the Magnificent and Mysterious Surface of the Moon in Pictures
At the National Air and Space Museum, beautiful images show how the moon's pockmarked surface is rife with mystery
New Graphic Novel Writes the Wright Brothers' Sister Back Into History
Four students journey back to the birth of aviation in 'The Wrong Wrights'
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