Space & Aviation
Explore Space & Aviation across the Smithsonian through stories, events, and exhibitions. Use the filters to browse by format, then bookmark events and exhibitions to keep track of what you want to visit or attend.
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A flyby conducted by the Japanese spacecraft Hayabusa2 uncovered the asteroid’s strange shape. Data gathered by the probe will also help defend the planet against potentially threatening space rocks.
For our 50th anniversary, we asked 50 members of our team to say what comes to mind when they think of the Museum. What would you say?
"RTX Living in the Space Age Hall" explores how innovations in space technology have transformed our lives, covering topics from the beginning of the Space Age in the mid-20th century to the present and beyond.
Astronomers spend much of their time mapping the universe, but until now their results have been collected and archived in so many different ways that the data can’t talk to each other.
In 2015, the Museum began a process of reimagining all its gallery spaces. A lot had changed since the Space Hall’s last major update in 1997. As a result, the Space Race exhibition was reimagined as the RTX Living in the Space Age exhibition.
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The shiny objects—each roughly twice the size of a basketball—began to appear on July 3. Authorities initially worried that they were hazardous but have since determined that they’re likely safe bits of space junk.
New observations of WD 1856 b, a gas giant closely orbiting a white dwarf, offer a preview of what could happen to Jupiter and Saturn after the sun dies in about five billion years.
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This November, visitors to the new Samuel Oschin Air and Space Center in Los Angeles will get to see the “ready-to-launch” “Endeavour” complete with rocket boosters and a fuel tank.