Apollo 8, which launched on December 21, 1968, was the first mission to take humans to the Moon and back. While the crew did not land on the Moon's surface, the flight was an important prelude to a ...

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.

Artist Alma Thomas created paintings inspired by space, including a painting called “Blast Off!” inspired by the Apollo mission to the Moon. How are you inspired by blasts and bursts in air and space?

Are you curious about the night sky? Come to the planetarium at the Museum in DC for a live, guided tour of what you can see after sunset. The facilitator will answer questions and customize 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.

This simulator was used by astronauts in Project Mercury, the United States' first human space flight program. Astronauts spent many hours of training in this and other simulators to practice ...

In the P-38 Lockheed engineer Clarence "Kelly" Johnson and his team of designers created one of the most successful twin-engine fighters ever flown by any nation. From 1942 to 1945, U. S. Army Air ...

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.

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.

Ralph Nasch enlisted in the USAF after Pearl Harbor. He became a B-17 bomber pilot & flew 25 combat missions out of England earning the DFC. He became an Instructor Pilot in both the B-17 and the B-29 ...

Tom was a pilot with 50 years experience all over the world. He reengined 13 PBYs so one person could fly them. One PBY he donated to the San Diego Air and Space Museum where it is displayed in 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.