The Adler Planetarium announced Elizabeth Babcock as its next CEO following a six-month search. Babcock comes to Chicago after serving most recently as director of the Smithsonian American Women’s ...

Defense contracting giant Northrop Grumman, which helped design and build NASA’s Apollo lunar module, has donated $10 million to the Smithsonian’s National Air and Space Museum in D.C. The museum’s ...

Since its opening, and until recent years, our Zeiss Model VIa optical planetarium projector has brought the wonder of the night sky to countless visitors. The Zeiss Company no longer services the ...

WASHINGTON — Elmo the "Elmonaut" donned a space suit Tuesday as the Muppet star of a planetarium show that will take children on an imaginary ride into space. And Big Bird even gets a chance to fly, ...

Having reviewed the Discovery Space Projector back-to-back with the Smithsonian Planetarium Projector, it's surprising just how similar the two are. Their functions are practically identical, just ...

On November 17 and 18, I'll be in my backyard hoping for clear skies as the Leonid meteor shower lights up the sky. Here in the museum's collections, we also have interesting sights for astronomy fans ...

National Air and Space Museum. Archives Division. National Air and Space Museum Technical Reference Files: Museums, Exhibits, Memorials, Planetariums, Science Centers National Air and Space Museum ...