Five new galleries will open on July 1, featuring interactive exhibits, WWII aircraft, the Hubble Space Telescope and more.

A Republican-led plan to move to Houston the Discovery space shuttle, an iconic holding of the National Air and Space Museum since 2012, has set off a fight for the future of the orbiter, which the ...

Three U.S. lawmakers from Texas are accusing the Smithsonian Institution of engaging in "illegal lobbying" to block the retired space shuttle Discovery's planned relocation to Houston. In a letter ...

WASHINGTON -- Smithsonian museums and the National Zoo, which receive federal funding, are closing temporarily amid the federal government shutdown. The shutdown impacts all 21 of the Smithsonian's ...

Regarding “Cornyn escalates space shuttle saga, seeks DOJ investigation,” (Oct. 22): U.S. Sen. John Cornyn inserted into the federal budget funds for taking the space shuttle Discovery from the ...

CNN — (CNN) — Smithsonian museums and the National Zoo are welcoming members of the public back after weeks of closures because of the government shutdown. The Smithsonian Institution, which receives ...

The jewel of the new "Futures in Space" exhibit at the Smithsonian National Air and Space Museum in Washington, D.C., is a Blue Origin New Shepard crew capsule. Visitors who come to the museum to be ...