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National Air and Space Museum’s 2021 Michael Collins Trophy Awarded to Gene Kranz and the SpaceX Crew Dragon Team

June 23, 2021 | 10:00am

The Smithsonian’s National Air and Space Museum awards its Michael Collins Trophy annually for Lifetime and Current Achievements. The 2021 recipients are Gene Kranz for Lifetime Achievement and the SpaceX Crew Dragon Team for Current Achievement; they will receive their awards at a ceremony at the museum’s Steven F. Udvar-Hazy Center in Chantilly, Virginia.

Artist Rendering of "Thomas W. Haas We All Fly" Gallery

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National Air and Space Museum Receives $1 Million Gift From Flexjet

June 21, 2021 | 10:00am

The Smithsonian’s National Air and Space Museum has received $1 million from Flexjet to support the new “Thomas W. Haas We All Fly” gallery. The exhibition will celebrate general aviation by telling the story of its many aspects in the United States and how it affects the average visitor’s daily life. The gallery is part of the museum’s ongoing transformation of all its galleries at its flagship building in Washington, D.C., and is scheduled to open in 2022.

A rendering of a gallery showing planetary information. There are planets hanging from the ceiling and a purple wall in the center.

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National Air and Space Museum Receives $10 Million Gift From Kenneth C. Griffin

May 18, 2021 | 10:00am

The Smithsonian’s National Air and Space Museum has received a $10 million gift from Citadel Founder and CEO and philanthropist Ken Griffin to support the creation of the new “Exploring the Planets” exhibition.

Jay I. Kislak World War II in the Air gallery

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National Air and Space Museum Receives $3 Million Gift From Daniels Fund For New World War II Gallery

May 10, 2021 | 09:00am

The Smithsonian’s National Air and Space Museum has received $3 million from the Daniels Fund to support the new “Jay I. Kislak World War II in the Air” gallery.

X-wing Starfighter

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National Air and Space Museum Welcomes Star Wars X-Wing Starfighter

May 04, 2021 | 12:30pm
Artist rendering of an upcoming exhibition about the Wright brothers.

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National Air and Space Museum Receives $5 Million Gift From David M. Rubenstein

March 24, 2021 | 09:00am

The Smithsonian’s National Air and Space Museum has received $5 million from David M. Rubenstein in support of the newly redesigned “The Wright Brothers & the Invention of the Aerial Age” exhibition. The gift will contribute to the safe preservation and display of the 1903 Wright Flyer, one of the Smithsonian’s iconic artifacts and the centerpiece of the gallery. The redesign of the exhibition is part of the museum’s ongoing transformation of all its galleries in the flagship building in Washington, D.C., and is scheduled to open in 2022.

Severna airplanes hang suspended from the ceiling as visitors look on.

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National Air and Space Museum Receives $10 Million Gift From Kislak Family Foundation

February 24, 2021 | 09:00am

The Smithsonian’s National Air and Space Museum has received $10 million from the Kislak Family Foundation to support the creation of the new “World War II in the Air” exhibition. Construction on the gallery is scheduled to begin in 2022 and is part of the museum’s ongoing transformation of all its galleries at the flagship building in Washington, D.C.

An artists rendering of the Perseverance rover a six wheeled roving vehicle with a neck and camera attached, and a small drone like helicopter which accompanies it.

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National Air and Space Museum Celebrates Perseverance Landing

February 01, 2021 | 11:00am

The Smithsonian’s National Air and Space Museum will host programming and offer a variety of resources and expertise to coincide with the landing of the Perseverance rover on Mars, Thursday, Feb. 18. The museum’s scientists are involved in a number of Mars research missions with NASA and will share their insights on this current endeavor. A variety of programming will be available for all ages beginning Thursday, Feb. 4, and special Perseverance-themed merchandise will go on sale for a limited time starting Thursday, Feb. 11.

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Study Reveals That Mercury Is the Not-So-Shrunken Planet

January 14, 2021 | 09:00am

Findings from a recently published paper by Smithsonian senior scientist Thomas R. Watters reveal that Mercury has managed to retain much more of its interior heat than previously thought. Images and data obtained by NASA’s Mercury Surface, Space Environment, Geochemistry and Ranging (MESSENGER) spacecraft show that Mercury has experienced only a modest amount of global contraction. This is in contrast to other studies that cite large amounts of contraction, suggesting Mercury cooled more quickly. Mercury’s modest amount of global contraction suggests an evolutionary path for small rocky planets where interior heat is retained. “A case for limited global contraction of Mercury” was published in the journal Communications Earth & Environment—Nature.

U.S. Navy Blue Angel F/A-18C Hornet

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National Air and Space Museum Welcomes Blue Angels’ F/A-18C Hornet

November 18, 2020 | 02:30pm

The Smithsonian’s National Air and Space Museum welcomed the Blue Angels’ F/A-18C Hornet into the national collection. This is the first “Blue Angels” aircraft and the first F-18 the museum has acquired. The recently retired F/A-18C flew into Dulles, Nov. 18, in preparation for display at the museum’s Udvar-Hazy Center in Chantilly, VA at a later date. 

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