Are you curious about the night sky? Come to the planetarium at the Museum in DC for a live, guided tour of what you can see after sunset. The facilitator will answer questions and customize the ...

Trans World Airlines (TWA) introduced "Royal Ambassador Service" for first-class passengers on trans-Atlantic and other international flights in June 1961. This collection consists of a Trans World ...

On August 12, 2018, NASA launched the Parker Solar Probe, a spacecraft designed to study the Sun and its environment. Since ...

In the lead up to Season 10 we're reviving some of our favorite episodes. Today we bring you Emily's favorite, The Ninety-Nines.

This is one of several bottles of solutions used in protein crystal growth experiments on the Space Shuttle. Its handwritten label indicates that it held the enzyme Lysozyme in a buffer solution that ...

Visit us in Washington, DC and Chantilly, VA to explore hundreds of the world’s most significant objects in aviation and space history. Free timed-entry passes are required for the Museum in DC.

Charles H. Huettner was tasked with creating the Federal Aviation Administration's Advanced Simulation Program in 1979. This collection consists of approximately 0.80 cubic feet of material relating ...

This container holds more than 20 pipettes (small, straw-like tubes) that were used in protein crystal growth experiments on the Space Shuttle. It was part of a kit of growth cells, bottles of fluid, ...

Among the items issued to astronauts are velcro-backed leather name tags that can be attached to flight suits. This name tag is a spare for European Space Agency Shuttle astronaut, Wubbo J. Ockels, ...

Visit us in Washington, DC and Chantilly, VA to explore hundreds of the world’s most significant objects in aviation and space history. Free timed-entry passes are required for the Museum in DC.

Robert A. Kilmarx wrote several times to Sikorsky Aircraft seeking information on pre-revolutionary Russian aviation for his book A History of Soviet Air Power, published in 1962. This collection ...

Visit us in Washington, DC and Chantilly, VA to explore hundreds of the world’s most significant objects in aviation and space history. Free timed-entry passes are required for the Museum in DC.