Astronomy Program Observe the Sun DC Metro Area Fridays and Saturdays from 12:00 pm to 3:00 pm, weather permitting. Observe the Sun safely using a filtered telescope. Astronomy Program Observe the Sun ...

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.

This is a full-scale model of the Patriot Advanced Capability-2 (PAC-2) Guidance Enhanced Missile + (GEM +), a U.S. Army one-stage, solid-fuel, ground-launched interceptor designed to destroy tactical ...

Developed from the DB-600 engine first produced in November 1937, the DB-600 series was used primarily in Messerschmitt Bf 109 and Bf 110 fighters. In 1939, a Messerschmitt 209V1, using a DB-605ARJ ...

Home Visit Visit The Museum In DC, Free Timed-Entry Passes Required Phoebe Waterman Haas Public Observatory and Astronomy Events After more than a decade of inviting visitors to observe the wonders of ...

The De Havilland H-1 Goblin design began in April 1941, and was first tested a year later. It first flew in 1943 in the Gloster Meteor and De Havilland Vampire aircraft. Originally rated at 8,896 N (2 ...

Originally known as Fischer and Jacobs, this manufacturer was organized in Philadelphia in 1927, and was one of a number of manufacturers of small radial engines in the post-World War I era. Known as ...

Thaddeus Sobieski Constantine Lowe was born August 20, 1832 in Jefferson Mills, New Hampshire and died January 16, 1913 in Pasadena, California. He was an American patriot, balloonist, and inventor.

Time in space is precious, and several time-keeping devices help the astronauts stay on their schedule of tasks. One of the most popular timepieces in the Space Shuttle era was the durable Casio ...

The first supersonic airliner to enter service, the Concorde flew thousands of passengers across the Atlantic at twice the speed of sound for over 25 years. Designed and built by Aérospatiale of ...

This is the electronic assembly from an engineering test model of the approach radar set used to land on the moon. This signal processor was mounted in the equipment bay of the Apollo program lunar ...

This Japanese engine incorporated fuel injection, fan cooling, and turbo-supercharging. Mitsubishi began development in 1941, and 16 engines were known to have been built during World War II. The ...