One of Virginia’s crown jewels of tourist attractions, the Discovery Space Shuttle, could be blasting off somewhere else as U.S. Sens. Mark Warner and Tim Kaine seek to prevent the move from its home ...

Police reports are indicating that a teenager was the victim of a shooting near the Smithsonian Air and Space Museum in ...

A retired airfield manager finds his second act at the Smithsonian. Diane Tedeschi Patrick Leonini began working in the photography department at the National Air and Space Museum in 2017 after ...

Steven F. Udvar-Hazy Center exterior at dusk. Photo by Jim Preston. The Smithsonian’s National Air and Space Museum has announced the expansion of its Steven F. Udvar-Hazy Center in Chantilly, ...

The world’s largest collection of artifacts from aviation and space may become temporarily off limits as the Smithsonian Institution's museums, including the National Air and Space Museum in ...

The Smithsonian’s National Air and Space Museum will host its annual “Air & Scare” family day from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. Saturday, Oct. 25, at the Steven F. Udvar-Hazy Center in Chantilly, Virginia. At ...

The Smithsonian’s National Air and Space Museum boasts some of the finest aviation artifacts in the world, and soon more of them will be on display to the public. The institution is planning the ...

Fred Whipple has long been recognized as a major contributor to our understanding of space and spaceflight—with contributions ...

Texas lawmakers want to move the Smithsonian’s retired space shuttle to Houston. It’s “a vanity project that is apt to ...

If you’re looking for a unique and educational experience in Virginia, visiting one of the state’s many museums is a great option. From history to art to science, there are many interesting museums in ...

A teenager was shot near the National Mall on Friday afternoon, with at least one bullet damaging a window of the National Air and Space Museum.