Our museum collection, like a lot of other museums' collections, is sometimes a working collection. That means that ...

Do you have a connection to the sky? How are the sun, stars, and other celestial bodies useful tools? People around the world observe the sky and find it helpful to tell time, find their way and ...

What is your connection to the sky? Join us for activities that explore how people around the world combine science and ...

Join Museum staff and members of the Northern Virginia Astronomy Club for a view of the night sky through our telescopes.

On August 12, 2018, NASA launched the Parker Solar Probe, a spacecraft designed to study the Sun and its environment. Since ...

In the lead up to Season 10 we're reviving some of our favorite episodes. Today we bring you Emily's favorite, The ...

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.

Discover our exhibitions and participate in programs both in person or virtually. When Gen. John W. “Jay” Raymond reported to the Pentagon for his first day as Chief of Space Operations for the United ...

How Lockheed's P-3 kept the Cold War from turning hot. Submarines are hard to kill. For military strategists, no warship generates as much uncertainty and trepidation as an adversary that can prowl ...

From a reliable research aircraft to a rare museum artifact. The P-61 black widow was an airplane of many talents. Yes, Northrop’s big fighter is known for stealthily stalking and destroying 127 enemy ...

U.S. forces have a history of flying spectacular aircraft.. The P-3 Orion might not be the flashiest airplane, but not every military aircraft needs to look—and perform—like a supersonic fighter jet.