The Smithsonian National Air and Space Museum is hosting a Robonaut 2 Presentation on Wednesday, March 16, 2011, in the Moving Beyond Earth gallery. Robonaut 2, NASA’s humanoid robot, is making its debut on the [Read More]
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Space shuttle astronaut / Top Gun pilot to talk about his amazing life as an aviator SEATTLE, – Five-time space shuttle astronaut, navy Top Gun fighter pilot and aviator extraordinaire “Hoot” Gibson, will talk about [Read More]
Tech to display the future at reinvented Science Museum Roanoke, Va. – Officials at Virginia Tech and The Science Museum of Western Virginia have announced a new partnership to expand and enhance community-based science education. [Read More]
Children and adults of all ages will have an “out-of-this-world” experience during Space Night from 6-11 p.m. on May 5 at the National Museum of the U.S. Air Force in DAYTON, Ohio. Details are still [Read More]
Discover Your Story at the Fort Worth Museum of Science and History Open March 5 to May 1, 2011 What makes you, YOU? Find out in Identity: An Exhibition of You, a new traveling exhibition [Read More]
SEATTLE – NASA Administrator Charles Bolden revealed at a House committee hearing this week that a decision regarding placement for the retiring space shuttle orbiters will be announced Tuesday, April 12. The Museum of Flight [Read More]
The National Railway Museum (NRM) announced that the restoration of Flying Scotsman has successfully reached a number of major milestones in recent weeks bringing the iconic locomotive’s return to steam much closer. Within the last [Read More]
The Centre for Computing History announced it has once again been commissioned to create the Gadget Hall of Fame at this years Gadget Show Live. Building on the huge popularity of the museum’s over the [Read More]
The front fuselage of Nimrod XV241 is now on display at the National Museum of Flight at East Fortune Airfield. Nimrod XV241 was decomissioned at RAF Kinloss in 2010 and after being dismantled on 7th [Read More]
Starting February 2011 the Science Museum will be offering a selection of exclusive group tours, hosted by the museums’ own specialist curators. Each tour, which will run for up to an hour, will highlight key [Read More]
The Aviation Museum of Kentucky is closed at present due to a move to a new location. Since its founding in 1978, members of the Kentucky Aviation History Roundtable dreamed of an aviation museum. To [Read More]
Maersk Oil North Sea UK Limited (Maersk Oil) is donating £90,000 to help fund the refurbishment of the Education Suite at the Aberdeen Maritime Museum. Aberdeen Maritime Museum Aberdeen Maritime Museum tells the story of [Read More]
Career education event for young women March 4, public lecture March 5 SEATTLE – March 4-5 marks the return of Women Fly!, The Museum of Flight’s annual Women’s History Month event for young women interested [Read More]
The Boeing Company [NYSE: BA] announced today that it will donate $5 million to the Air Force Museum Foundation in three installments over the next three years. The foundation will deliver the funds to the [Read More]
The National Technical Museum in Prague reopens on Tuesday after being closed for renovations. The National Technical Museum was founded in 1908 and is the biggest Czech institution specializing in technical museum exhibits. It gathers [Read More]
The Discovery Museum Science & Space Center announced today it has completed a much anticipated Robotics Lab that will encourage education in science, technology, engineering and math in the Sacramento region. The Robotics Lab, which [Read More]
Mirror to Discovery: The 200-inch Disk and the Hale Reflecting Telescope at Palomar, an exhibit on view at the Rakow Research Library of The Corning Museum of Glass through October 30, 2011, tells the story [Read More]
THe Maritime Museum of San Diego presents Parade of Flight – 100 Years of Naval Aviation on Saturday, February 12, 2011. On February 17, 1911, inventor and aviation pioneer Glenn Curtiss taxied his seaplane to [Read More]