On July 20, 1969, humans walked on the Moon for the first time.We look back at the legacy of our first small steps on the Moon and look forward to the next giant leap.

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 ...

Learn how the Wright brothers conducted aeronautical research in pursuit of making the first powered airplane.

Earth and Moon photographed together by NASA's Voyager 1 spacecraft on September 18, 1977.

The Adams-Farwell Rotary 5 Engine, a five-cylinder engine, was used in early aviation experiments due to its lightweight and innovative design.

The SNJ-4 is a derivative of a trainer ordered by the U. S. Army in 1935 and designated as the BT-9 (Basic Trainer No. 9). North American Aviation entered the aircraft designed by J. H. "Dutch" ...

Graduate Dallas High School, valedictorian, attended University of Chicago two years entered U.S.M.A. in 1932 via Texas National guard exams. Graduated in 1936, entered Air Corps after graduation.

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 ...

The National Air and Space Museum's Apollo 13 Command Module showcases the spacecraft that safely returned astronauts to Earth after an in-flight emergency.

Close-up, real-time surveillance was required to succeed at these demanding missions. Since the Vietnam War, military forces have used the unmanned aerial vehicle, or UAV, to closely track the enemy ...

The Marie Curie rover was the flight spare for the Sojouner rover. During Sojourner's activites on Mars, engineers operated Marie Curie in the same movements in a Mars-like test area at the Jet ...

A hundred years ago, astronomer Edwin Hubble revealed a universe of galaxies that existed beyond ours. His influence in astronomy continues to this day.