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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While you wait for AirSpace Season 11, check out this episode on the science and history of auroras from our friends at Smithsonian Magazine’s podcast, There’s More to That.
The first results on the iconic active galactic nucleus MCG–6-30-15 captured with the XRISM mission show the most precise signatures yet of its supermassive black hole’s extreme gravity and the outflows that shape its galaxy.
For the first time, a much younger version of the Sun has been caught red-handed blowing bubbles in the galaxy, by astronomers using NASA’s Chandra X-ray Observatory.
New semi-automated system demonstrates how the radio interferometer quickly responds to discoveries from space-based telescopes.
The Futures in Space explores the potential near- and long-term futures that may emerge with advances in space exploration technology and enterprise. The gallery features developing technologies that bring down the cost of space, aim to . Shortened snippet. View full page for more details.
National Air and Space Museum
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In the 1920s and 30s, aviation pioneers pushed boundaries and blazed new trails in the air. The Pioneers of Flight celebrates this pivotal era of aviation with a vibrant space that features iconic aircraft, personal stories that build . Shortened snippet. View full page for more details.
National Air and Space Museum
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Aerospace and Our Changing Environment focuses on how aerospace innovations help us understand climate change while providing new technologies to respond to the challenge. Aerospace and Our Changing Environment aims to explore both the science . Shortened snippet. View full page for more details.
National Air and Space Museum
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The Boeing Milestones of Flight Hall showcases some of the museum’s most iconic objects. With artifacts arrayed along walls and suspended from the ceiling—and interpretive displays that provide background and context—this central gallery of the. Shortened snippet. View full page for more details.
National Air and Space Museum
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