Discovery, the showpiece of the Steven F. Udvar-Hazy Center, an annex of the Smithsonian Institution’s National Air and Space ...

During the last government shutdown from December 2018 until January 2019, which lasted 35 days, the Smithsonian museums and ...

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

Initially working out of a shed in Glendale, California, the team built the racer in just over 16 months, completing ...

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

When Space Shuttle Discovery touched down for the last time at Kennedy Space Center Runway 15 on March 9, 2011, it brought to an end a 27-year career of spaceflight.

Funding for the move of a space shuttle orbiter from the Smithsonian to a Houston museum continues to stir debate among ...

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 ...

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 ...

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, ...