When Air and Space opened in 1976, Neil Armstrong’s first small step was fresh in our memories. With the nation’s 250th ...

"The space shuttle Discovery is not on loan to the Smithsonian from NASA," the message read. "Ownership was transferred to ...

Moving Discovery was the goal of legislation brought earlier this year by Texas Republican Sens. Ted Cruz and John Cornyn, ...

President Donald Trump’s bill will allocate $85 million to transport the Discovery space shuttle from the Smithsonian’s Air ...

The National Air and Space Museum in Washington, D.C., is located at Jefferson Drive between Fourth and Seventh streets S.W. and is open every day except Christmas Day from 10 a.m. to 5:30 p.m. ET.

Smithsonian National Air & Space Museum, Washington, D.C. Lockheed SR-71 Blackbird “One of my favorite things to do is watch visitors come into the Udvar-Hazy Center, busy and distracted, and ...

The Smithsonian’s eighth Secretary, C. Dillon Ripley, hired Apollo 11 astronaut Michael Collins to direct the National Air and Space Museum building project. Collins would guide the museum through its ...

The Smithsonian National Air and Space Museum reopened to the public Friday, Oct. 14 with its revamped west wing. The next phase of the renovation is scheduled to be completed in 2025. We've got ...

Eric Long, National Air and Space Museum, Smithsonian Institution . The Apollo 11 command module Columbia carried astronauts Armstrong, Aldrin, and Collins to the moon and back in July 1969.

The Smithsonian Air and Space Museum is moving into the final stages of multiyear renovations which includes opening up new galleries and an IMAX theater in spring 2025.

The Smithsonian on Wednesday (Oct. 25) revealed plans to revitalize the National Air and Space Museum over the next seven years. The $900 million project will be achieved on a phased schedule so ...

The National Air and Space Museum is getting some upgrades. The museum, part of the Smithsonian Institute, announced Wednesday that it will begin a 7-year renovation to its building on the ...