The observation tower provides views of planes landing and taking off from Dulles Airport, as well as live Air Traffic Control audio.

The Smithsonian’s National Air and Space Museum is celebrating 50 years since the building in Washington, D.C., opened to the public and will commemorate this milestone throughout 2026. The museum ...

The National Air and Space Museum's second location in Virginia features a restoration hangar where workers repair and ...

A retired airfield manager finds his second act at the Smithsonian. Diane Tedeschi Patrick Leonini began working in the photography department at the National Air and Space Museum in 2017 after ...

The Smithsonian's National Air and Space Museum boasts some of the finest aviation artifacts in the world, and soon more of them will be on display to the public. The institution is planning the ...

This video is no longer available. When you go into the large museum hangar at the Smithsonian’s National Air and Space Museum’s Steven F. Udvar-Hazy Center, you will be blown away by how many planes ...

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, ...

CHANTILLY, Va. — The Space Shuttle Discovery has been a prolific reminder of our nation’s space exploration mission at the National Air & Space Museum Steven F. Udvar-Hazy Center in Fairfax County for ...

Plane enthusiasts and history buffs will get to see more artifacts at the popular Steven F. Udvar-Hazy Center near Dulles International Airport in the coming years after the museum undergoes its first ...