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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The World War I exhibition uses fascinating artifacts and the distinctive sights and sounds of early combat aircraft to tell the story of how remarkable people adapted the new technology of the airplane to warfare and changed how the world . Shortened snippet. View full page for more details.
National Air and Space Museum
– Ongoing
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The Women’s Airforce Service Pilots (WASP) were a huge part of civilian aviation during WWII. Ahead of our new limited series, Home Front, we’ve brought back our season four episode where we highlighted the heroic service and enduring legacy of WASP.
Cambridge, MA (March 23, 2026) — A team of astronomers led by the Center for Astrophysics | Harvard and Smithsonian have for the first time used galactic archaeology, the study of detailed chemical fingerprints in deep space, to trace the . Shortened snippet. View full page for more details.
On-going discovery about how our planet works is central to the research of both the Smithsonian and NASA. Data collected from instruments in space orbiting Earth and on the ground helps scientists, policy makers, and communities around the . Shortened snippet. View full page for more details.
National Museum of Natural History
– Ongoing
Created in collaboration with the National Air and Space Museum, Black Wings chronicles the story of African Americans who, despite facing tremendous racial barriers, attained amazing achievements in aviation history.
– Ongoing
A New Moon Rises includes the digital files to produce amazing, large-scale, high-resolution photographs of the lunar surface taken between 2009 and 2015 by the Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter Camera (LROC).
– Ongoing
America by Air traces the history of commercial aviation in the United States from airmail to airlines. Exploring the history of air transportation in the United States, this exhibit shows how the federal government has shaped the airline . Shortened snippet. View full page for more details.
National Air and Space Museum
– Permanent
The Kenneth C. Griffin Exploring the Planets Gallery probes the science and history of our exploration of planets and moons. This exhibition tells the stories of the diversity of worlds circling our Sun and how exploring those worlds helps . Shortened snippet. View full page for more details.
National Air and Space Museum
– Permanent