Museum’s ‘Flight Team’ aims to fill age gap, fuel aerospace economy, and launch new leaders The leaders of Seattle’s Museum of Flight see the institution not just as a place for historical artifacts, but as a… Read More
Design the Museum of Flight’s next great aerospace-inspired geocache If you love everything aerospace and geocaching, this challenge is for you. The Museum of Flight and Geocaching are having… Read More
Listen to four NASA astronauts discuss the future of space flight Can we stop asteroids from slamming into Earth? Will people live in space? Are astronauts going back to the moon?… Read More
Alaska Airlines’ $2.5M gift will fund Aerospace Education Center at Museum of Flight Alaska Airlines will fund a new Aerospace Education Center at Seattle’s Museum of Flight with a gift of $2.5 million,… Read More
Look out! Astronauts on a mission to protect Earth from asteroid collisions Our planet has been hit by asteroids more times in the last decade than you can probably imagine, and more… Read More
Now on Google Street View: Museum of Flight, LeMay’s vintage cars, airport terminals If you’re interested in taking your friends and family on a virtual vacation this Thanksgiving, Google Maps has you covered… Read More
Q&A: Space Shuttle Trainier set to make its Seattle debut On Saturday, the Space Shuttle Trainer will make its official debut at the Museum of Flight in Seattle — giving the public… Read More
Podcast Podcast: Space Shuttle Trainer and beyond, with Museum of Flight CEO Doug King A week from today, on Nov. 10, the Space Shuttle Trainer will make its official debut at the Museum of Flight… Read More
No borders: Space heroes join together for epic night They were all up on stage when the cosmonaut Valery Kubasov was introduced. With a lapel full of medals he strode… Read More
Museum of Flight lands trove of personal papers from NASA icon George Abbey They arrived at Seattle’s Museum of Flight in more than 100 boxes — nearly four decades worth of personal papers… Read More
Photos: A rare peek inside the Space Shuttle trainer Some people in the Seattle region might have been disappointed last year when we didn’t land a real Space Shuttle.… Read More
Space elevators: 5 questions for conference chair Bryan Laubscher The Space Elevator Conference is in town this weekend. Intrigued by the concept, we talked to the general chair of… Read More
Going up? Space Elevator dreams will be alive in Seattle this weekend Space elevators may not be a reality — yet — but if you want to revel in talks about these… Read More
Curiosity packs the house for a perfect landing on Mars Will you remember where you were when Curiosity landed? I know I will! I was among more than 600 people… Read More
Super awesome ‘Curiosity’ approaches Mars, set for ‘Seven Minutes of Terror’ The plan to land the roving space lab Curiosity on Mars this weekend is the stuff of the wildest imaginations.… Read More
The Super Guppy has landed: Scenes from the delivery of our Space Shuttle replica Updated at bottom with picture of the crew compartment after it was unwrapped. We (and our kids) had a great… Read More
Space Nerds Rejoice! The Super Guppy is on its way Calling all space-exploration enthusiasts, aerospace aficionados and other flight geeks: the Museum of Flight announced today that a vital piece… Read More
First piece of Seattle’s Space Shuttle Trainer arrives Seattle’s Museum of Flight today unpacked the first piece of its new Space Shuttle Trainer, unveiling one of three engine… Read More
Space Shuttle Day: Seattle gets peek at trainer as Discovery descends on D.C. It’s a big day for space nerds. On the East Coast today, Space Shuttle Discovery is making its final flight… Read More
Amazon.com’s Jeff Bezos plans historic deep-sea Apollo 11 engine recovery A massive bit of space history that inspired an entire generation of geeks has been found by Jeff Bezos —… Read More
Q&A: Charles Simonyi on the magic of space and the ‘coziness’ of the trip home Seattle’s Museum of Flight this week dedicated its new Charles Simonyi Space Gallery, named after the former Microsoft engineer and… Read More
Congratulations, Seattle: You’re getting a space toilet It just kept getting better and better at Seattle’s Museum of Flight today. First former, Microsoft engineer Charles Simonyi announced… Read More
Seattle’s Museum of Flight getting a Soyuz spacecraft, courtesy Charles Simonyi Seattle’s Museum of Flight lost out in the competition to exhibit a Space Shuttle orbiter, but it turns out it… Read More
Wash. governor to NASA: We’re ready for Space Shuttle, while L.A. and NYC futz around NASA’s selection of new homes for the retired Space Shuttles has been more than a little messy. The space agency’s… Read More
Seattle’s Museum of Flight questions data used by NASA to pick homes for retired shuttles NASA staffers understated attendance for Seattle’s Museum of Flight and didn’t count Canadian visitors in their measure of the region’s… Read More
NASA report shows why Seattle didn’t land a Space Shuttle Seattle’s Museum of Flight was among the top contenders this spring for a decommissioned Space Shuttle — placing well ahead of many… Read More
Getting to know our Space Shuttle consolation prize OK, so we didn’t get one of the real Space Shuttles. But the thing we got looks a lot like… Read More
