National Air and Space Museum

Historic cookies baked in space land at Smithsonian

It’s been almost four and a half years since it was made in space, but if you could smell it today, you’d see that the DoubleTree Cookie still retains its distinctive scent. The cookie, the world’s first food item baked in space, went on display Wednesday, May 8, at the National Air and Space Museum’s… Read More »

NASA donates Ingenuity Mars Helicopter prototype to Smithsonian

The Smithsonian would love to showcase the first vehicle capable of powered flight on another world, but with NASA’s Ingenuity helicopter still busy breaking records on Mars, the Washington, D.C. institution has opted for the next best thing. Officials from NASA and the Smithsonian National Air and Space Museum celebrated the agency’s donation of Ingenuity’s… Read More »