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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National Science Foundation Discovering Our Universe illuminates how the development of new and more precise tools transformed our understanding of the origin, content, and fate of the universe.
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Gain a richer understanding of Robert Rauschenberg’s innovative techniques, sustained legacy, and unique perspective on all things that fly.
Explore 30 works by Robert Rauschenberg, many that have never been displayed before. Rauschenberg often. Shortened snippet. View full page for more details.
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The first full moon of the summer delivered dazzling visuals from across the globe. Its low position in the sky from the perspective of the Northern Hemisphere gave it a golden hue.
Unlike external galaxies, which we can photograph from the outside, we must reconstruct the Milky Way's structure from our vantage point within its disk.
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Along with other recent discoveries, the new finding from Perseverance boosts the case that Mars once hosted conditions that could support living things—but it isn’t a definitive sign of ancient organisms.
Multi-messenger astronomy helps astronomers create a fuller view of our universe.
Researchers have been mapping our universe since the early 1900s.
As we celebrate the 50th anniversary of the Air and Space Museum on the National Mall, it is good to remember how we got that prominent location. It was not inevitable.