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 story of the Star Trek: Voyager communicator badge worn by Sally Ride.
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Gemini astronauts risked their lives to prove that spacewalking was possible.
Bring weather science to life with this hands-on hurricane mapping lesson your students will never forget.
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Honoring one of World War II’s great dive bombers—the Douglas Dauntless.
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"Hidden Figures" author Margot Lee Shetterly brought the stories of four Black women working in computing at NASA to light in her groundbreaking book.
At the University of Illinois Urbana–Champaign, atmospheric scientists and graduate researchers investigate tornado formation, extreme precipitation, storm structure, and how communities receive life‑saving alerts.
AirSpace co-hosts Matt and Emily recently guest-starred on Escape This Podcast, where they played through a custom audio escape room. Listen to find out if a geologist and a museum curator have what it takes to escape an unusually full spacecraft.