Although her flight is not considered “official,” this day in history we remember Blanche Stuart Scott, the first American woman to take a solo hop into the air.

Curtiss XF9C-1 Sparrowhawk, photographed on April 27, 1931. (Official U.S. Navy photograph, now in the collections of the National Archives. 80-G-466289.) ...

From groundbreaking technologies to creative preservation methods, innovation is at the heart of the National Air and Space Museum’s exhibitions. Join us for an after-hours event at the Museum to: ...

Amelia Earhart set two of her many aviation records in this bright red Lockheed 5B Vega. In 1932 she flew it alone across the Atlantic Ocean, then flew it nonstop across the United States-both firsts ...

Did you know that Calbraith Perry Rodgers, the first pilot to fly across America was partially deaf? Americans with disabilities like Rodgers have made history flying almost since the airplane was ...

Join Museum staff and members of the Northern Virginia Astronomy Club for a view of the night sky through our telescopes. Stargazing will take place outside in the bus parking lot at the Steven F.

Otto Lilienthal compiled and published a table of coefficients of lift and drag for the airfoil shape he used on his gliders. The table became quite well known and was the starting point for ...

From the first "talkies" to the most recent major releases, Hollywood has explored the history and experience of World War I in a variety of films.

During and after World War I, American women pushed hard for the right to vote. Pilot Ruth Law did not publicly fight for voting rights. However, she became a symbol for this issue, as seen in this ...

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 ...

Cuando escucha “carrera espacial”, probablemente piense —correctamente— en la pugna entre la Unión Soviética y Estados Unidos durante los años 60 por enviar a un astronauta a la Luna. Sin embargo, ...

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 ...