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Press Releases
Tours of Space Shuttle Trainer Crew Compartments Begin Feb. 15
SEATTLE, Feb. 5, 2024—On Feb. 15 the Museum will begin the world’s only exclusive crew compartment and cockpit tours of the NASA Space...
A Huge Miniature World at 2025 NorthWest Scale Modelers Show Feb. 15-16
SEATTLE, Feb. 5, 2025— On Feb. 15-16 the historic aircraft in the Museum’s towering Great Gallery will frame the world’s largest...
Astronaut Nicole Stott Bridges the Worlds of Art and Space Jan. 25
SEATTLE, Jan. 14, 2024—On Jan. 25, NASA astronaut and artist Nicole Stott hosts a screening and discussion about the award-winning film, Space...
Valentine’s Day at the Museum Becomes a Mars Love Affair - An Evening with Mary Roach
SEATTLE, Jan. 13, 2025—On Feb. 14, Mary Roach, the best-selling author of Packing for Mars, headlines The Museum of Flight’s 21+...
An Evening with Spacewalking Astronaut Chris Cassidy Jan. 18
SEATTLE, Jan. 8, 2024—The Museum offers an intimate evening reception and presentation with retired NASA astronaut and U.S. Navy SEAL Chris...
Sasquatch Makes Helicopter Arrival at Museum Dec. 21 for Winter Event
SEATTLE, Dec. 4, 2024—On Dec. 21 Sasquatch arrives via helicopter to headline the Museum’s celebration of wintertime fun during the...
Astronaut Shares Her Father/Daughter Story Connecting WWII Bomber Flights and 1990s Spaceflights Dec. 7
SEATTLE, Dec. 2, 2024—On Dec. 7, retired space shuttle astronaut Jan Davis connects her father’s service as a B-17 bomber pilot in World...
The Museum of Flight Becomes The Museum of Fright Oct. 27
SEATTLE, Oct. 12, 2024—On Sunday Oct. 27 the spirits of Halloween and Día de Muertos transform the galleries of flight into The Museum...
Museum Celebrates Centennial of the First Global Flight Sept. 26-29
SEATTLE, Sept. 22, 2024—Sept. 26-29 the Museum celebrates the 100th anniversary of the first successful global flight, an historic journey that...
Murder Mystery Party at the Museum Oct. 26
SEATTLE, Sept. 20, 2024—On a dark night with spy planes looming ominously overhead, a murder mystery will unfold at The Museum of Flight. On...
Is This the Beginning of a Space Age Wild West?
SEATTLE, Sept. 12, 2024—Is the new space age the beginning of a far-out Wild West? On Sept. 14 a diverse panel of spaceflight experts and...
Museum Opens Space Habitat Pavilion Sept. 28
On Sept. 28, the Museum’s Home Beyond Earth exhibit expands its orbit and invites visitors to enter a futuristic life-size space station module—the TESSERAE Space Habitat Pavilion.
Museum Celebrates Centennial of First Global Flight Sept. 26-29
SEATTLE, Sept. 6, 2024—On Sept. 26-29 the Museum will celebrate the 100th anniversary of the first successful global flight with special...
Murder Mystery Party at the Museum Oct. 26
SEATTLE, Sept. 1, 2024—On a dark and maybe stormy night, with bizarre airplanes looming overhead, a murder mystery will unfold at The Museum of...
Museum’s 21+ HangarFest Tasting Party Rocks Aug. 24
SEATTLE, Aug. 12, 2024--HangarFest, the Museum’s 21+ open-air party in the Aviation Pavilion, caps the summer with brew/cider/wine and spirits...
Aug. 17 is Space Shuttle Saturday at the Museum
SEATTLE, Aug. 6, 2024—Scientist, author, pilot and NASA astronaut Tom Jones will talk about all things space shuttle during a lecture and book...
July 27 Lecture/Book Signing Looks at Real and Imagined Spaceships
SEATTLE, July 17, 2024—On July 27, award-winning author Ron Miller and new Smithsonian coauthors Matthew Shindell and Margaret Weitekamp will...
Memorial Day Weekend Offers Free Admission for Veterans and Active Duty Military
SEATTLE, May 19, 2024—The Museum offers free admission for veterans and active duty military all Memorial Day Weekend May 25-27, with two special programs of remembrance on May 25, begin at 11:30 a.m. with an hour of patriot music performed by the Boeing Employee Concert Band. At 1 p.m. there will be a screening of the film To What Remains, a documentary about Project Recover and its patriotic team on a ceaseless mission to search, recover and repatriate the remains of the more than 80,000 Americans missing in action since WWII. The film is followed by a discussion with USMC veteran Derek Abbey, Ph.D., President/CEO of Project Recover; and Pat Scannon, M.D., Ph.D., founder of Project Recover.
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