Our museum collection is sometimes a working one. That means that scientists come to do aviation or space research using objects in the Museum.
You know, a lot of museums have collections that are based on the idea that you’re
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A former Blackbird pilot now volunteers at the National Air and Space Museum.
What traits should a reconnaissance pilot have?
It appears to have been made for a bed only slightly wider than a twin.
It would not have been accurate enough for an engineer to use in planning a mission
A conversation with aerospace engineer Dennis Jenkins who works with the space shuttles, relying on his expertise in orbiter construction to ensure their maintenance as museum artifacts.
I don’t personally inspect Enterprise, but I arrange to have it inspected.
What’s new in aviation and space?
Airplane in Seven Days Jun 24, 2025 By Mark Strauss Aircraft manufacturing doesn’t have
When you hear ’space race‘ you probably (correctly) think about the 1960s Soviet Union v. U.S. race to put an astronaut on the Moon. But a few hundred years before, the space race was all about Venus.
The British, the Germans, the French, and you have to have observations made from
This gallery told the story of the first 40 years of jet aviation (1939-79). Featured were a Messerschmitt Me 262 (world’s first operational jet fighter), Lockheed XP-80, and McDonnell FH-1 Phantom.
origins in Germany and Great Britain on the eve of World War II, turbojet engines have
The National Air and Space Museum gets an X-wing fighter—and a new director.
The F-14 just might be my favorite aircraft, but I have a passion for anything that
