“Going to a theater, with that large of a screen, really makes you feel like you’re part of it, and I think that’s what was ...

One of my favorite displays at the National Air and Space Museum, where I began my Smithsonian career, has always been the Wright Flyer. The humble aircraft and its improbable flight still spark ...

Last year, we reported on the restoration of the National Air and Space Museum (NASM)’s Ilyushin Il-2 Shturmovik inside the ...

Four decades later, astronaut Marsha Ivins and cinematographer James Neihouse reveal stories from the making of the ...

Local aviator Fred Wiseman made the historic mail flight in 1911 between Petaluma and Santa Rosa. Local museum honors him and ...

Reaves' observations are especially relevant for the impressive array of aviation posters in the National Air and Space Museum's 1300 artifact collection. Quite possibly the largest publicly-held ...

Attracting millions of people each year, the Smithsonian National Air and Space Museum contains a trove of celebrated aircraft, including Amelia Earhart's Lockheed Vega 5B, the Apollo 11 Command ...

The order is vague but suggests Trump is seeking to purge elements of what conservatives view as a revisionist history of the US that places systemic racism at the heart of its narrative.

The National Air and Space Museum holds approximately 17,000 space artifacts in its collection. More than 3,500 of those stem from the historic Apollo Moon landing effort, with 400 objects related ...

U.S. Senators John Cornyn, R-Texas, and Ted Cruz, R-Texas, filed the Bring the Space Shuttle Home Act, which would allow the ...

The San Diego Air and Space Museum offers a military discount on general admission. Active-duty service members are free. Retired service members get $5 off admission. Valid military ID required.