Smithsonian National Air and Space Museum

Never-before-seen photos of Neil Armstrong's near-fatal NASA mission surface 60 years later

Neil Armstrong photos from NASA's 1966 Gemini 8 emergency splashdown near Japan are now public, donated to the Armstrong Air and Space Museum in Wapakoneta, Ohio.

Morning Overview on MSN

NASA advances plan to move Space Shuttle Discovery to Houston

The Space Shuttle Discovery, one of the most flown orbiters in NASA history, is at the center of an escalating political ...

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The moon's going to get crowded. We should protect our heritage on it while we still can

In 1959, the Luna 2 probe from the Soviet Union became the very first human-made object to reach our closest celestial neighbor. In the decades since, we have been leaving footprints—both literally ...

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Artifacts From NASA’s Webb, Parker Solar Probe on View at Smithsonian

A testing replica of the “backbone” of NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope and a full-scale model of the agency’s Parker Solar Probe are now on permanent display at the Smithsonian’s National Air and ...

Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory

NASA’s Parker Solar Probe Makes a Model Debut at National Air and Space Museum

A full-scale model of Parker Solar Probe, the history-making Johns Hopkins APL-built spacecraft that has flown closer to the ...

The circuit for the Freedom 250 Grand Prix looks like a real-life video game

In renderings, the route looks like something out of a race car arcade game, with cars whizzing past unmistakable U.S. monuments and Smithsonian museums. It’s an unlikely sight for a city whose ...

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NASA places James Webb telescope test structure and Parker Solar Probe model on permanent display at Smithsonian museum

NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope Optical Telescope Element Pathfinder and Parker Solar Probe models are now on permanent display at the Smithsonian’s Udvar-Hazy Center, providing insight into testing ...

Smithsonian Institution

National Air and Space Museum Welcomes James Webb Space Telescope’s Pathfinder and Parker Solar Probe to Collection

The Smithsonian’s National Air and Space Museum welcomes two new acquisitions to the collection—the James Webb Space Telescope (Webb) Pathfinder and Parker Solar Probe model. The Pathfinder is a ...

Washingtonian

Donald Trump Wants to Celebrate America’s 250th Birthday With an IndyCar Race Around the National Mall. Here’s What We Know So Far.

With a shiny red, white, and blue IndyCar in front of the stage and the Capitol in the background, Interior Secretary Doug Burgum credited the one person in Washington with the pull—and, perhaps, the ...

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