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Texas, of course, had to go big.This marks just the second time in history Big Tex's boots have left Texas and the first time ...

As the Smithsonian presents the aviator’s restored Vega in Washington, a special replica of the aircraft quietly re-emerges after decades in obscurity ...

In the summer of 1985, NASA, the Reagan White House and seven talented astronauts got wrangled into an orbital chapter of the ...

Hundreds of people lined up outside of the Smithsonian's National Air and Space Museum Monday (July 28) to see five newly ...

As we approach the 250th anniversary next year of the adoption of the Declaration of Independence and the Revolutionary War ...

Amy Sherald, the former Baltimore artist who painted former first lady Michelle Obama’s portrait, has withdrawn her solo show ...

The Smithsonian Institution is resisting an effort from Texas lawmakers to transport the space shuttle Discovery from a ...

Big Tex's boots are leaving the State Fair of Texas and taking a cross-country road trip to Washington D.C. to be showcased ...

Think summer is almost over? Not yet. With warm weather still lingering across much of the country, there’s time to plan a ...

The coelacanth is known as a "living fossil" because its anatomy has changed little in the last 65 million years. Despite ...

The National Air and Space Museum has opened five more of its renovated galleries, including two showcasing space artifacts.