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National Air and Space Museum Prepares for a New WWII Gallery

September 29, 2024 Adam Estes 2

The Smithsonian National Air and Space Museum is one of the most visited aviation museums in the world, and for WWII enthusiasts, there is plenty to see at the museum’s Steven F. Udvar-Hazy Center at […]

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Smithsonian’s National Air and Space Museum Announces Fall 2024 Lectures at Udvar-Hazy Center

September 7, 2024 Emma Quedzuweit 0

National Air and Space Museum will offer three free lectures at the Steven F. Udvar-Hazy Center in Chantilly, Virginia, highlighting women who have broken boundaries in military aviation and the 25th anniversary of the Chandra X-ray Observatory […]

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Smithsonian’s Bf 109 Unveils a Hidden Story of Resistance

January 10, 2024 Adam Estes 12

By Adam Estes On a typical day at the National Air and Space Museum (NASM)’s Steven F. Udvar-Hazy Center, thousands of visitors look down from the glass mezzanine of the Mary Baker Engen Restoration Hangar […]

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US Senate Recognizes December 17 as ‘Wright Brothers Day’

January 5, 2024 Moreno Aguiari 0

On December 18, 2023 the United States Senate passed S. 513: a resolution recognizing December 17 as ‘Wright Brothers Day’ and commemorating the 120th anniversary of Wilbur and Orville’s momentous successful flight on that day. […]

50 Years Since Apollo 15

August 9, 2021 Moreno Aguiari 0

The week between July 26th and August 7th, 1971 marked the 50th anniversary of the Apollo 15 mission, which sent commander David Scott, command module pilot Al Worden, and lunar module pilot Jim Irwin to […]

National Air and Space Museum Welcomes Blue Angels’ F/A-18C Hornet

November 23, 2020 Moreno Aguiari 3

The Smithsonian’s National Air and Space Museum welcomed the Blue Angels’ F/A-18C Hornet into the national collection. This is the first “Blue Angels” aircraft and the first F-18 the museum has acquired. The recently retired […]

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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 […]

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Smithsonian’s Udvar-Hazy Center Features Two New Aircraft

March 16, 2016 Richard Mallory Allnutt (Chief Editor) 10

In the damp, early morning darkness on March 15th, staff at the Smithsonian’s National Air & Space Museum wheeled two new exhibits out onto the main display hangar’s floor at the Steven F. Udvar-Hazy Center in […]

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July 30, 2015 Richard Mallory Allnutt (Chief Editor) 0

In a bold move, reminiscent and perhaps partly influenced by the Commemorative Air Force’s own hugely successful online fundraising efforts with ‘That’s All Brother’, the National Air & Space Museum has also dipped their toes […]

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CH-46 Sea Knight Retirement Ceremony at Smithsonian

May 28, 2015 Richard Mallory Allnutt (Chief Editor) 3

With the CH-46 Sea Knight finally bowing out of service later this year, the Smithsonian’s National Air & Space Museum is set to receive an example on temporary loan from the United States Marine Corps […]

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