Technology & Innovation
Explore Technology & Innovation 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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In summer 2026, NASA will commemorate the 50th anniversary of one of the most consequential milestones in planetary exploration: the arrival of the Viking 1 and Viking 2 landers on the surface of Mars.
While our conservators traditionally work behind the scenes, they’ve teamed up with our educators to create an activity on the museum floor to demonstrate the guiding goals and principles of their work.
In the "TEXTRON How Things Fly" exhibition, nearly 50 interactives work together with featured artifacts to communicate the idea that the forces of lift, weight, drag, and thrust guide the design and function of everything that flies.
A Blue Origin New Shepard rocket just went on display in our new "RTX Living in the Space Age” exhibition! Check out this behind-the-scenes look at how we installed the 50-foot-tall and nearly 36-ton rocket.
A new, jungle-proof automated light trap for insect monitoring was documented in Methods in Ecology and Evolution and Integrative and Comparative Biology. The Mothbox is like a mammal trail camera but designed for large-scale insect monitoring.
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The proposal comes as A.I.-generated music makes up an increasing share of what’s available on streaming platforms.
Inspiring STEM Pathways is a storytelling-driven educational video series that combines compelling personal narratives with classroom-ready instructional tools to help middle school students envision themselves in STEM fields.
Astronomers have mapped the distribution of heavy elements around a supermassive black hole in unprecedented detail, and the results show that metal‑rich gas is closely linked to the black hole’s powerful activity.