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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Mathematician Katherine Johnson, the NASA human computer who helped John Glenn become the first person to orbit Earth, was exceptional.
Discover the strangest facts about the planets—and learn why Pluto no longer counts as one.
Take your students on an unforgettable tour of the solar system from the Smithsonian National Air and Space Museum.
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Radio signals emanating from Beta Pictoris b suggest that this young and massive exoplanet has a strong magnetic field and intense auroral show.
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The “second-generation” world, predicted from telescope data, could be the first known planet of its kind, and it may shed light on the future of our own solar system
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A legendary fighter squadron’s history of victory.
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The tech giant aims to use the near-constant sunlight available in low-Earth orbit to power data centers. The experimental satellite, launched October 1, holds four computer chips that can run Google’s Gemini A.I. for 15 minutes at a time
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Two aerospace companies are competing to create the lunar lander NASA uses when it returns humans to the moon’s surface. But to reach our lunar companion, a spacecraft will first have to get to Earth orbit