San Diego Air and Space Museum

San Diego Air and Space Museum Begins Refurbishment of Hungarian MiG-21

May 15, 2024 Adam Estes 2

By Adam Estes The Mikoyan-Gurevich MiG-21 is arguably one of the most versatile aircraft of the former Soviet Union. First flown in 1955, the aircraft coded by NATO as the Fishbed carries many additional nicknames, […]

San Diego Air & Space Museum Unveiling New Innovative “Mission Control” Mobile Classroom

June 7, 2023 Moreno Aguiari 0

The San Diego Air & Space Museum is unveiling a new innovative and groundbreaking Mission Control mobile classroom which will dramatically increase the Museum’s STEM outreach and programming and bring education to where the need […]

Restoring an Icon: The Boeing FB-5 Hawk

May 10, 2023 Moreno Aguiari 0

The San Diego Air & Space Museum is in the final stages of restoring a Boeing FB-5 Hawk, the first aircraft designed and built specifically for use on an aircraft carrier. One can trace the […]

Apollo 16 50th Anniversary Celebration at The San Diego Air & Space Museum Set For April 23

February 7, 2022 Moreno Aguiari 0

The San Diego Air & Space Museum is proud to host the Apollo 16 50th Anniversary, one of the last times mankind walked on the Moon and one of NASA’s finest moments. The Apollo 16 […]

The International Air Space Hall of Fame Class of 2021

International Air & Space Hall of Fame to Induct Distinguished Class of 2021

September 30, 2021 Moreno Aguiari 0

San Diego, CA – Ed Bolen; President and CEO of the National Business Aviation Association (NBAA); the Commemorative Air Force, which has the world’s definitive and largest collection of Warbirds; Eileen Collins, the amazing first […]

NASA’s Last Lockheed S-3 Viking Flying to San Diego Air & Space Museum

July 9, 2021 Moreno Aguiari 0

When the U.S. Navy retired its fleet of S-3B Vikings from active duty in 2009, not all of them were grounded. At NASA’s Glenn Research Center in Cleveland, one S-3B was being used almost daily […]

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San Diego Air & Space Museum Hosting Apollo 15 Anniversary Celebration

June 23, 2021 Moreno Aguiari 0

The San Diego Air & Space Museum is proud to be the one-and-only host of the official Apollo 15 50th Anniversary, the most complex and carefully planned scientific expedition in the history of exploration.” Clearly […]

San Diego Air & Space Museum Re-Opening Tomorrow

March 16, 2021 Moreno Aguiari 0

Press Release – The San Diego Air & Space Museum in Balboa Park is back in operation tomorrow Wednesday, March 17. Reopening begins at 10:00 a.m. Reopening provides guests from around the world and locally […]

San Diego Air & Space Museum Hosting Special Apollo 14 50th Anniversary Video Reunion

February 17, 2021 Moreno Aguiari 0

San Diego, CA – February 16, 2021 – The San Diego Air & Space Museum is celebrating the 50th Anniversary of Apollo 14, the third mission to successfully put American astronauts on the Moon, with two […]

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Apollo 13 Digital Events

April 15, 2020 Moreno Aguiari 1

This week marks the 50th anniversary of Apollo 13, the dramatic lunar mission which NASA later regarded as a “successful failure.” Although Apollo 13’s crew did could not completing their original mission to land on […]