Go higher, faster and farther with the Smithsonian as they explore the dreams of flight.

In 1928, Lady Heath became the first person to fly solo from Cape Town to London. Eighty-five years ...

The 1960s was an extraordinary time for the United States. Unburdened by post-war reparations, Ameri...

This documentary follows various migratory bird species on their long journeys from their summer hom...

What if you could get behind the wheel and race through space? We scale down the Solar System to the...

In the year 1957 the cold war expands to space. The Soviet-Union sends Sputnik as the first manmade ...

The first American space station Skylab is found in pieces scattered in Western Australia. Putting t...

LIVING IN THE AGE OF AIRPLANES offers a fresh perspective on a modern-day miracle that many of us ta...

National Geographic and NASA are sending you into space - live! For the first time ever, board the I...

Charles Lindbergh lived a life of absolutes, never doubting his own abilities or the altitude of his...

In unusual circumstances, scientists from different countries work together to achieve a common scie...

On August 8, 1908, at a racetrack outside Paris, Wilbur Wright executed what was, for him, a routine...

After 10 years of tests and 12 billion Euros invested, the state-of-the-art Airbus jet completed its...

Archival material from the original NASA film footage – much of it seen for the first time – plus in...

Eight decades after her disappearance, Amelia Earhart's incredible accomplishmenys are still celebra...

The first Women’s Air Derby was flown in 1929 with brave women making history by breaking into a com...

In one single, epic camera move we journey from Earth's surface to the outermost reaches of the univ...

Some 220 miles above Earth lies the International Space Station, a one-of-a-kind outer space laborat...
Comets pose one of the greatest threats to life on Earth - a threat that can only be countered if we...