The observation tower provides views of planes landing and taking off from Dulles Airport, as well as live Air Traffic Control audio.

The National Air and Space Museum's second location in Virginia features a restoration hangar where workers repair and ...

Hundreds of space artifacts are set to return to or debut on display with the opening of five reimagined galleries at the ...

The Ascent of Rauschenberg” To Open During the Rauschenberg Centennial Celebration The Smithsonian’s National Air and Space Museum will open its newly renovated Flight and the Arts Center July 1. The ...

The Smithsonian will spotlight Rauschenberg’s lifelong fascination with flight in a major new exhibition opening at the Air ...

Defense contracting giant Northrop Grumman, which helped design and build NASA’s Apollo lunar module, has donated $10 million to the Smithsonian’s National Air and Space Museum in D.C. The museum’s ...

Carole McClurg of Columbus was welcomed Tuesday morning as the 3 millionth visitor to the Armstrong Air & Space Museum in Wapakoneta. WAPAKONETA — The Armstrong Air & Space Museum on Tuesday welcomed ...

The Smithsonian offers a pop-up experience for visitors to the world’s biggest airshow. Diane Tedeschi Chris Reddersen (sitting in the cockpit of an Me 262 replica) is an aircraft restoration ...

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 ...

Steven F. Udvar-Hazy Center exterior at dusk. Photo by Jim Preston. The Smithsonian’s National Air and Space Museum has announced the expansion of its Steven F. Udvar-Hazy Center in Chantilly, ...