A look inside the National Air and Space Museum’s restored P-61 shows that the pilot’s position provided good visibility for night flying. Smithsonian/Eric Long Back then, the prevailing ...

The P-61 was a beautiful ship to fly. It didn’t have a wicked bone in its body, and would tolerate mishandling that would ...

On this day in aviation history-83 years ago, on May 26, 1942-the Northrop XP-61 Black Widow prototype took to the skies for ...

The museum’s Steven F. Udvar-Hazy Center, in Chantilly, Virginia, houses many additional artifacts in an open, hangar-like setting. There is no public parking facility for Smithsonian ... p.m. One ...

Attention air and space fans traveling to DC: Your wait will soon be over. From historic early flight to futuristic planet exploration, the Smithsonian’s National Air and Space Museum on the ...

Back before the pandemic, the National Air and Space Museum was one of the ... There’s a lot of interest in the renovated museum, and the Smithsonian has turned to free timed entry passes ...

The Smithsonian National Air and Space Museum—one of the most popular museums in the nation—reopened its west wing last month, four years into a seven-year renovation that is costing roughly ...

[Courtesy: Smithsonian National Air & Space Museum] The ... S.W. in Washington, the museum invites visitors to explore its exhibits daily from 10 a.m. to 5:30 p.m. EST with the exception of ...

The Smithsonian’s National Air and Space Museum revealed details on 12 galleries that will debut in the final phase of the D.C. museum's multiyear renovation, which is expected to wrap up in 2026.

The Smithsonian’s National Air and Space Museum will partially reopen to the public on Oct. 14, featuring eight new and renovated galleries along with the Albert Einstein Planetarium and a new ...

No need to wait in line—you can experience the Smithsonian’s National Air and Space Museum with these ... speed above Mach 3. The museum’s Blackbird (61-7972) logged about twenty-eight ...