The Curtiss JN-4D is almost synonymous with American aviation in the 1920s. The Jenny, as it was affectionately called, appeared in 1917. Heretofore having only produced pusher aircraft, Glenn Curtiss ...

Gemini VIII lifts off atop a Titan II rocket with command pilot Neil Armstrong and pilot David Scott aboard. Fifty-five years ago, on March 16, 1966, the Gemini VIII astronauts made the world’s first ...

This exhibition is now closed. The National Air and Space Museum welcomes Red Bull Stratos into its permanent collection. The Museum displayed this temporary exhibition Red Bull Stratos: Mission to ...

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The AirSpace podcast is cooking up something very special... our first-ever LIVE episode recording from the Museum! AirSpace hosts Matt & Emily will be joined by an expert panel to discuss the future ...

It’s 98 degrees and 74% humidity outside. Beads of sweat start gathering above your brow. In seconds, those beads balloon and begin a hurried descent to your neck, then your back, until finally you’re ...