The Smithsonian’s National Air and Space Museum is welcoming a Lockheed F-117 Nighthawk stealth fighter, the world’s first true operational stealth combat aircraft, into the national collection. This ...
A firsthand account from the manager of Washington Reagan National Airport on 9/11 reflects on the chaos of that morning, the ...
In honor of the 25th anniversary of the September 11th attacks, we're revisiting an episode from Season 3. In "Me and the Sky ...
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September 8 is the 60th anniversary of Star Trek. On September 8, 1966, the first airing Star Trek (CBS, 1966 – 69) in the United States took place, marking the beginning of one of the biggest sci-fi ...
Bring the Air and Space Museum to your learners, wherever you are. Browse our collections, stories, research, and on demand content. Discover our exhibitions and participate in programs both in person ...
In 1978, Congress passed a law allowing airlines to set their own fares and routes, an event that transformed the commercial airline industry and the passenger experience. Regulation by the federal ...
When we talk about putting on or taking off a spacesuit, we frequently use the terms “donning and doffing.” These are technical terms that are used to refer to the practice of putting on (donning) and ...
Concentration of force refers to gathering your resources in an overwhelming show of force against the enemy. It is the essential to successful military action. Germany’s surprise attack and swift ...
At the National Air and Space Museum, as elsewhere around the world, we were enormously saddened when we learned that Neil Alden Armstrong, the first man to set foot on the Moon, had died of ...
"I believe that this nation should commit itself to achieving the goal, before this decade is out, of landing a man on the Moon and returning him safely to the Earth. No single space project...will be ...
As the Apollo program took form in the early 1960s, NASA engineers always kept the safety of their astronauts at the fore in light of the enormous risks they knew were inherent in the goal of landing ...