Did you know that Calbraith Perry Rodgers, the first pilot to fly across America was partially deaf? Americans with disabilities like Rodgers have made history flying almost since the airplane was ...

From groundbreaking technologies to creative preservation methods, innovation is at the heart of the National Air and Space Museum’s exhibitions. Join us for an after-hours event at the Museum to: ...

Amelia Earhart set two of her many aviation records in this bright red Lockheed 5B Vega. In 1932 she flew it alone across the Atlantic Ocean, then flew it nonstop across the United States-both firsts ...

Type: Reciprocating, Horizontally-opposed, 4 cylinders, Air-cooled Power rating: 45 kW (60 hp) at 2,350 rpm Displacement: 2.8 L (171 cu in) Bore and Stroke: 98 mm (3.875 in.) x 92 mm (3.625 in.) ...

Rhea Seddon, Kathy Sullivan, and Anna Fisher share their stories as some of the first American women astronauts.

Rocket Lab makes 3D-printed parts for its Rutherford engines in just 24 hours. And battery-powered turbopumps reduce engine weight and the amount of propellant needed. Both innovations cut costs. What ...

Otto Lilienthal compiled and published a table of coefficients of lift and drag for the airfoil shape he used on his gliders. The table became quite well known and was the starting point for ...

During and after World War I, American women pushed hard for the right to vote. Pilot Ruth Law did not publicly fight for voting rights. However, she became a symbol for this issue, as seen in this ...

SpaceX uses its Merlin rocket engines to launch spacecraft and crew for itself, NASA, and other customers. Reusable engines, like this one, save costs and help companies compete in the growing global ...

The proceedings volume of the 1964 Soviet Conference on Extraterrestrial Civilizations and Communication with them was published in Russian in Yerevan in 1965. The title page was issued in Armenian ...

Join Museum staff and members of the Northern Virginia Astronomy Club for a view of the night sky through our telescopes. Stargazing will take place outside in the bus parking lot at the Steven F.