On July 20, 1976, Viking 1 touched down on the Red Planet, and became the first robotic spacecraft to successfully carry out ...

In summer 2026, NASA will commemorate the 50th anniversary of one of the most consequential milestones in planetary ...

The Smithsonian’s National Air and Space Museum joins the aviation and spaceflight communities in mourning the loss of Wally Funk, who was a remarkable pilot, flight instructor, Air Safety ...

From his early years in southern California to his career as a naval aviator, test pilot, astronaut, and leader, Victor Glover has spent a lifetime building the experience that now prepares him to ...

People may know Artemis as NASA’s return-to-the-Moon program. However, it is much more than a rerun of Project Apollo. While the destination is the same, the goals are more ambitious. The program’s ...

The dangers of powering military aircraft with nuclear energy. Seventy years ago, on September 17, 1955, a modified Convair B-36 departed Carswell Air Force Base in Texas. Legendary U.S. Air Force ...

Visit us in Washington, DC and Chantilly, VA to explore hundreds of the world’s most significant objects in aviation and space history. Free timed-entry passes are required for the Museum in DC.

Browse our collections, stories, research, and on demand content. Maj. Richard Heyser had been sitting 14 miles above the Earth for 5 hours. Soaring at the edge of space, he flew from northern ...

U.S. 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.

Before the race to the Moon ended in 1969, both the Americans and Soviets were planning their separate futures in space. After the competitive short-term goals of human spaceflight had been met in the ...

Rockets launched the Space Age. They provided the power needed to take spacecraft and people on flights beyond the Earth. Starting with the launch of the first satellite Sputnik in 1957 and continuing ...

Our night sky is full of wonders. When you look up you can see the stars, the Moon, and sometimes even other planets! We know what these otherworldly objects are because of centuries of research ...