In 1975, a meet-up between American and Soviet spacefarers in orbit showed that the superpowers could work together. Its ...

Discover how the Smithsonian's National Air and Space Museum is bringing expert talks, hands-on artifacts, and preservation ...

Five new aviation galleries at the National Air and Space Museum in Washington, D.C., are set to open in July.

Ars Technica has been separating the signal from the noise for over 25 years. With our unique combination of technical savvy and wide-ranging interest in the technological arts and sciences, Ars is ...

When Air and Space opened in 1976, Neil Armstrong’s first small step was fresh in our memories. With the nation’s 250th ...

A growing movement is fighting to keep Space Shuttle Discovery at the Smithsonian, warning that a proposed move to Houston ...

NASA's retired Space Shuttle Discovery could be on the move from Virginia to Texas under a provision in the GOP's so-called "One Big Beautiful Bill." ...

In my thread about my visit to this year's airshow at Le Bourget, Paris, I also mentioned the museum. This thread is about ...

The Smithsonian's National Air and Space Museum received a $10 million donation from Northrop Grumman to support the transformation of the museum's building in Washington, D.C. In honor of the ...

The "One Big Beautiful Bill," now enacted, directs that space shuttle Discovery be removed from the Smithsonian and placed on ...

The first Space Shuttle was originally going to be named Constitution. US President Gerald Ford agreed to rename it ...