The Museum’s collection of 30 World War II-era American military aircraft ranges from propeller-driven trainers, fighters, flying boats, and bombers to the nation’s first generation of jet-powered ...

From groundbreaking technologies to creative preservation methods, innovation is at the heart of the National Air and Space Museum’s exhibitions. Meet key gallery staff who will share their behind-the ...

The H-1 rocket engine was an important part of the Saturn 1 and Saturn 1B rockets. These rockets were used in the early days of space travel to help get ready for the Apollo missions, which sent ...

This is a full-scale replica of the Explorer 6 satellite. The spacecraft was designed to study the electrical and magnetic fields about the Earth and to test devices for scanning cloud cover. It was ...

Present day Mars is cold and dry with water mostly locked up as ice in the polar caps or in the subsurface. Abundant evidence, in the form of dry valleys, channels, deltas, and lake beds, exists for ...

Design and development of the Pratt & Whitney R-2800 Double Wasp was initiated in 1936, and was America’s first 18-cylinder radial. With water injection and turbo-supercharging, the R-2800 produced ...

The Apollo Lunar Module (LM) was a two-stage vehicle designed by Grumman to ferry two astronauts from lunar orbit to the lunar surface and back. The upper ascent stage consisted of a pressurized crew ...

Each astronaut aboard a spacecraft has a personal hygiene kit with items for cleanliness and grooming during the mission. Contents typically include a comb, hairbrush, toothbrush, toothpaste, dental ...

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.

This M2-F3 lifting body was the first of the heavyweight, wingless lifting body research craft of the 1960s. The lifting body programs tested the concept of achieving aerodynamic lift from just 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.