This model of the fictional starship Enterprise was used in the weekly hourlong “Star Trek” TV series that aired September 1966 to June 1969. The model was donated to the National Air and Space Museum ...

The Smithsonian’s National Air and Space Museum is celebrating 50 years since the building in Washington, D.C., opened to the public and will commemorate this milestone throughout 2026. The museum ...

As the world’s largest museum group, the Smithsonian comprises 21 museums and the National Zoo. Each year, its museums unveil ...

Rare Smithsonian artifacts are on display at museums across the country. Mark Strauss This SR-10F Reliant, one of only 18 of this model, participated in airmail pick-up experiments for All American ...

Robert Rauschenberg’s aviation-inspired works will headline new Smithsonian exhibition. The show will debut as part of the National Air and Space Museum’s newly renovated Flight and Arts Center. The ...

Flight and the Smithsonian / Tom D. Crouch -- Capable of flight? The Wright-Smithsonian controversy / Tom D. Crouch -- Building a collection / F. Robert Van Der Linden -- Robert Goddard and the ...

When re-entering Earth’s atmosphere, SpaceShipOne employed a feathering system that raised to 65 degrees the rear half of the wings along with both tail booms. Invented by American engineer Burt Rutan ...

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CHANTILLY, Va. — The Smithsonian reopened the first of several museums on Wednesday after closing because of the COVID-19 crisis. The National Air and Space Museum Udvar-Hazy Center in Chantilly, Va.

Ellen Stofan, a consulting senior scientist at the Johns Hopkins Applied Physics Laboratory, has been named the director of the Smithsonian Institution’s museum for aircraft history and space ...