The discovery of the Kuiper Belt revealed thousands of icy objects near Pluto, challenging its status as a planet. After the ...

If you haven’t been to the National Air and Space Museum in D.C. for a while, you may notice a few things have ...

September 8 is the 60th anniversary of Star Trek. On September 8, 1966, the first airing Star Trek (CBS, 1966 – 69) in the ...

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. The ...

Browse our collections, stories, research, and on demand content. After the crash, the U.S. Navy reacted quickly to rescue survivors, treat the wounded, and secure the site, even as the wreckage ...

What is the Freedom 250 Grand Prix? In August, the Freedom 250 Grand Prix will occur on the National Mall in Washington, DC. The course surrounds the National Air and Space Museum, as well as other ...

Browse our collections, stories, research, and on demand content. Maj. Richard Heyser had been sitting 14 miles above the Earth for 5 hours. Soaring at the edge of space, he flew from northern ...

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.

Browse our collections, stories, research, and on demand content. When President Kennedy committed the nation in 1961 to landing a man on the Moon, America had sent only a single astronaut briefly ...

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.

In response to Army Air Corps 1939 interest in a high performance V-type pursuit aircraft engine, a 1941 contract was given to Chrysler for the development of the IV-2220 (later designated XI-2220).

The planets circling our Sun are as amazing as they are diverse. Come discover our planetary neighborhood—as if from interstellar space, moving in toward our Sun. This “outside-in” perspective is how ...