National Air and Space Museum

An old photo, tinted brown, depicts a flat barren landscape with a single pillar of dense white smoke at the center of the photo.

That Time We Bombed a Volcano

When a town in Hawaii was threatened by lava in 1935, a group of airplanes tried to redirect the flow.

Red hot molten lava and thick dark dust spew from the ground while a small white. single-propeller aircraft flies overhead.

How Active Volcanoes Can Put Airplanes in Danger

A global early-warning system strives to keep aircraft safe from volcanic eruptions.

A massive atmospheric vortex on Jupiter is a dizzying swirl of brown, yellow, and green clouds that form a deep tunnel.

Scientists Strive to Explain the Strange Weather on Other Planets

What the swirling storms on alien worlds can tell us about the climate on Earth.

A white man in his 30s stands in front of a restored biplane displayed on a polished concrete floor inside a museum. He is wearing glasses and a dark suit with a white shirt and burgundy tie.

A Beautiful Biplane Represents a Future That Never Was

The U.S. Navy once dreamed of floating airships that could launch clusters of tiny fighter airplanes.

A military airplane painted in black sits on an airport ramp at sunset.

A P-61 Black Widow Pilot Finds a Way to Survive the Horrors of War.

A son discovers the emotional complexities of his father's service In World War II.

A large hand-carved teakwood chest with scalloped edges and four round feet. The chest appears to be stained a rich reddish brown. The front panel on the chest has a bas-relief globe pattern flanked by a pair of airplane wings.

This Trophy Chest Belonged to Amelia Earhart

A husband's holiday present for his famous wife is now a museum artifact.

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