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 ...

Join us to hear author Chiara Columbi read her book, Rocket Ship, Solo Trip and think about how big explosions can send a rocket far out to space. After the reading we will demonstrate different ways ...

The Museum’s collection of 30 World War II-era American military aircraft ranges from propeller-driven trainers, fighters, flying boats, and bombers to the nation’s first generation of jet-powered ...

From groundbreaking technologies to creative preservation methods, innovation is at the heart of the National Air and Space Museum’s exhibitions. Meet key gallery staff who will share their behind-the ...

A company called Rocketdyne made the H-1 engine for NASA. It was really powerful because it burned a special fuel called RP-1, which is like kerosene, along with liquid oxygen. This engine created 188 ...

Present day Mars is cold and dry with water mostly locked up as ice in the polar caps or in the subsurface. Abundant evidence, in the form of dry valleys, channels, deltas, and lake beds, exists for ...

“Archaeology is about facts….Forget any ideas you’ve got about lost cities, exotic travel and digging up the world. We do not follow maps to buried treasure, and X never, ever marks the spot.” – Dr.

Black reusable insulation tiles shielded the entire underside of the Space Shuttle orbiter, as well as portions of the vertical tail, wings, and forward and aft fuselage where temperatures reached ...

Designed by Dr. Anselm Franz, the Junkers Jumo 004 was the world’s first mass-produced, operational turbojet engine. It was also the first turbojet in the world with axial-flow compressors, ...