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 ...

The inventor’s handmade tools are now museum artifacts.

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

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

Artists are nominated by a Smithsonian research staff member and then selected by a panel of Smithsonian art curators and representatives from the science, history and culture communities. More than ...

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 ...

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." ...

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

NASA may relocate Space Shuttle Discovery from the Smithsonian to Houston under a new $85M law, sparking debate over the orbiter’s rightful home.

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