On July 24, 1969, Apollo 11 met President Kennedy’s 1961 challenge of “landing a man on the Moon and returning him safely to the earth” before the end of the decade. The Smithsonian celebrates and ...

But it was a magnificent ship too—none more so than the Apollo that got the numeral 11. That, of course, is the one that ...

IIIF provides researchers rich metadata and media viewing options for comparison of works across cultural heritage collections. Visit the IIIF page to learn more. This buffer ampule was flown on ...

Take a virtual tour of the Smithsonian National Air and Space Museum in DC. Explore historic treasures like the Apollo 11 ...

Smithsonian curator Carolyn Russo’s new book The Ascent of Rauschenberg explores the artist’s fascination with flight Carolyn Russo My head said for the first time Moon was going to have company and ...