Two astronomers tried to answer this question during a live debate in 1920. At 8:15 pm on Monday, April 26, 1920, two men took to the stage of the Baird Auditorium in the Smithsonian’s National Museum ...

The Smithsonian’s National Air and Space Museum has announced the next phase of gallery openings at its flagship building in Washington, D.C. Five new exhibitions, the Lockheed Martin IMAX Theater and ...

Visit us in Washington, DC and Chantilly, VA to explore hundreds of the world’s most significant objects in aviation and space history. Free timed-entry passes are required for the Museum in DC. Join ...

This aircraft is an all-metal, twin-engined, strut-braced, high-wing monoplane designed and manufactured by the Cessna Aircraft Company. Distinguishable features are two engines placed in tandem on ...

These days, it takes seven hours to fly from New York to London, compared to under three hours flying at twice the speed of sound on the Concorde. When I started my internship at the National Air and ...

Commercial landers signal a new era in lunar exploration. At the new Moonshot Museum in Pittsburgh, visitors can tour a lunar habitat, design a mission patch, and even build their own model rovers.

Construction of the USS Shenandoah began on February 11, 1922. The airship’s first flight was on September 4, 1923. But while the Saturn V would fulfill its promise of opening a new chapter of ...

On August 19, 1942, Fairchild Aircraft Division of the Fairchild Engine and Airplane Corporation opened Plant 7, the first unit in the company to employ Black workers, both men and women, as part of ...

The name Gerard K. O’Neill doesn’t have the same name recognition as some more famous space popularizers such as Wernher von Braun, Gene Roddenberry, Sally Ride, and George Lucas.Even though he was ...

Investigate: Video 1: Watch this video to learn more about how engineers designed the Lunar Roving Vehicle used in Apollo missions 15, 16 and 17. Tip: Watch with your grown-ups so they can help you ...

Dates. TII Teachers accepted in 2025 will be onsite in Washington, DC July 7-18, 2025 and July 13-24, 2026. Who Should Apply. Middle School (grades 5-8) STEAM teachers who have an interest in ...

On August 6, 2022, the Curiosity rover reached a major milestone on Mars: 10 years of exploring Gale crater. Although getting on in years by rover standards (the Opportunity rover set the record of ...