The National Air and Space Museum's second location in Virginia features a restoration hangar where workers repair and ...

The observation tower provides views of planes landing and taking off from Dulles Airport, as well as live Air Traffic Control audio.

Hundreds of space artifacts are set to return to or debut on display with the opening of five reimagined galleries at the ...

The Smithsonian will spotlight Rauschenberg’s lifelong fascination with flight in a major new exhibition opening at the Air ...

The Ascent of Rauschenberg” To Open During the Rauschenberg Centennial Celebration The Smithsonian’s National Air and Space Museum will open its newly renovated Flight and the Arts Center July 1. The ...

Pathfinder shuttle stack outside of the U.S. Space & Rocket Center. More than six decades ago, the United States launched its first satellite into Earth orbit, turning the dream of spaceflight into ...

Rare Smithsonian artifacts are on display at museums across the country. Mark Strauss This SR-10F Reliant, one of only 18 of this model, participated in airmail pick-up experiments for All American ...

Defense contracting giant Northrop Grumman, which helped design and build NASA’s Apollo lunar module, has donated $10 million to the Smithsonian’s National Air and Space Museum in D.C. The museum’s ...

Another military plane will soon join the fleet at the Tulsa Air & Space Museum once fundraising to cover the cost of transportation is finished. A U.S. Air Force A-10 “Warthog” will be added to the ...

When they needed a helping hand in orbit, astronauts could count on NASA’s reliable Robonaut. Diane Tedeschi Robonaut 1A was a test unit in the robotics lab at NASA's Johnson Space Center in Houston.