Dr. Robert Jarvik, who was a key designer of the first permanent artificial heart implanted in a human, died on Monday in his ...

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 first time. At the controls of aircraft XP-61-NO, serial number ...

Spirit of St. Louis on display in the Boeing Milestones of Flight exhibit at the Smithsonian National Air and Space Museum in Washington ... Day from 10 a.m. to 5:30 p.m. ET.

The San Diego Air and Space Museum is an affiliate of the Smithsonian Institution and is California’s official air and space education center.

Udvar-Hazy Center of the Smithsonian National Air and Space Museum. To the right and partially visible is the P-61 Black Widow, Northrop’s most successful contribution to World War Two.

Pima Air and Space has the nation’s third largest collection of airplanes, behind the Smithsonian ... Museum is open daily except Thanksgiving and Christmas day from 9 a,m. to 5 p.m ...

On the two-day flight starting Feb. 17, 1911, taking off from Kenilworth Park in Petaluma, Wiseman was carrying letters from the town mayor, businessman George P ... Air and Space Museum ...

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 Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) is investigating after a Delta Air Lines plane nearly crashed midair with a T-38 Air Force jet Friday near Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport (DCA ...

This Saturday is the next Soar Together: Family Day at the National Air and Space Museum. This is a fun event for anyone interested in aviation and space exploration. From 10 a.m. to 2 p.m., the ...

This aircraft—U.S. Army Air Forces serial number 43-8330—is now on display at the National Air and Space ... to the Smithsonian on August 10, 1954. In a letter to the Museum, former Northrop test ...

And you can explore all things Apollo 11 on a special website by the Smithsonian Institution’s National Air and Space Museum ... Sea of Tranquility at 4:17 p.m. Eastern with barely any fuel ...