Air and Space Museum
With Lightning Speed and Agility, Germany's Ar 234 Blitz Jet Bomber Was a Success That Ultimately Failed
Only one is known to survive today and it is in the collections of the Smithsonian's National Air and Space Museum
How We Lifted Flight From Bird Evolution
The path to flight in modern birds was full of forks, twists and dead ends
How Apollo 8 Delivered Christmas Eve Peace and Understanding to the World
In a new book, Smithsonian curator Teasel Muir-Harmony examines the geopolitics during NASA’s space flight program
Why John Glenn Couldn't Escape the Hero Label
A new book explores the man who would serve his country as a fighter pilot, an astronaut and a U.S. Senator
Remember Chuck Yeager by Exploring the Plane He Flew to Break the Sound Barrier
In 1947, the pilot—who died Monday at age 97—made history by flying the Bell X-1 faster than the speed of sound
A Smithsonian Curator Reflects on Chuck Yeager, a Pilot With the 'Right Stuff'
Seventy-nine years to the day after the attack on Pearl Harbor Brig. Gen. Charles "Chuck" Yeager is dead at the age of 97
Why the P-47 Thunderbolt, a World War II Beast of the Airways, Ruled the Skies
Remarkably tough, the versatile fighter delivered far more punishment than it took
A Special Air Delivery From the U.S. Navy Arrives With Only a Few Dings
An F/A-18C Blue Angels Hornet just flew into D.C. to make its debut as a museum artifact at the National Air and Space Museum
Why Do the Planets All Orbit the Sun in the Same Plane?
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Secretary Lonnie Bunch on the Invisible Work of the Smithsonian's Conservators
From deep cleaning to painstaking repairs, caring for Smithsonian’s 155 million objects requires serious TLC—and steady hands
Is the Moon Fluffy?
Before spacecraft (and humans) set off to explore our nearest neighbor, these were some of the questions scientists were asking
Why Are South American Animals Smaller Than Those on Other Continents?
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Truth Is Stranger Than Fiction With Horten's All-Wing Aircraft Design
New research dispels some of the myths behind the world's first jet-powered flying wing
Take a Deep Dive Into This Awesome Example of 1970s Photorealism
Smithsonian's Carolyn Russo says to study this 1973 artwork by photorealist painter Audrey Flack is like looking at a plane spotting puzzle
Suffragists Took to the Skies
At the Air and Space Museum, the archives reveal touch on how women aviators advanced the suffrage movement
How Did Amelia Earhart Raise the Money for Her Flights?
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This Drone Made the First Home Delivery in the United States
Wing’s tether-toting drone delivered a winter vest to a retiree in Virginia and now its headed to the Air and Space Museum
Why the Enola Gay, the Plane That Dropped the First Atomic Bomb, Will Always Inspire Debate
The Enola Gay, fully restored and on view at the Smithsonian, left an indelible mark
Why NASA Is Headed Back to Mars With the Rover Perseverance
Find out why the next mission to Mars is so exciting on the National Air and Space Museum's podcast AirSpace
What Does the Smithsonian Look Like in the Post-COVID Era?
Key personnel from across the Institution weigh in on the long road back to normal(ish) operations
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