The Smithsonian’s National Air and Space Museum will offer free parking and other discounts at its Steven F. Udvar-Hazy Center in Chantilly, Virginia, to veterans and active-duty military personnel in ...

Software pioneer Margaret Hamilton passed away at the end of September 2026 at the age of 90. Her work, including overseeing ...

This fall, the Smithsonian’s National Air and Space Museum will complete its landmark renovation with the opening of its final two galleries, marking the culmination of a transformation that began in ...

The F-117 Nighthawk revolutionized aerial warfare by combining innovative design and stealth technology to evade enemy radar. Developed in secrecy during the Cold War, it proved its effectiveness in ...

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 ...

The Smithsonian’s National Air and Space Museum will open five new galleries Wednesday, July 1, the 50th anniversary of the opening of its building in Washington, D.C., and in time for the nation’s ...

From his early years in southern California to his career as a naval aviator, test pilot, astronaut, and leader, Victor Glover has spent a lifetime building the experience that now prepares him to ...

Born in 1976 in London, Ontario, Jeremy Hansen cannot remember a time when he did not dream of being an astronaut. Seeing a picture of Neil Armstrong on the lunar surface, he wondered what it would be ...

People may know Artemis as NASA’s return-to-the-Moon program. However, it is much more than a rerun of Project Apollo. While the destination is the same, the goals are more ambitious. The program’s ...

Since the National Air and Space Museum’s building on the National Mall opened in 1976, our guests have been whisked away on adventures in the sky and in space through films in our IMAX theater. 50 ...

Capt. Cesar “Rico” Rodriguez looked to his left. He saw the other airplane up close: green and brown camouflage and a bright Iraq flag painted on the tail. No doubt about it: That was a MiG-29, the ...

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 ...