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The Ballad of Willie Watkins

October 22, 2026 · 33 min

Operation Mincemeat is a hit Broadway musical, and it's based on a remarkable true mission that saved hundreds of lives and helped win World War II. This musical has everything you could want in a screwball comedy: spies, dead bodies, big…
Star Trek at 60: AirSpace Live!

October 8, 2026 · 36 min

Star Trek: The Original Series only aired for three seasons (1966 to 1969), but it launched a fanbase that transformed pop culture. Trek fans pioneered letter-writing campaigns, cosplay, and modern fan conventions. They reshaped the…
AirSpace Bonus! Escape this Podcast: Star Search

September 24, 2026 · 1 hr 15 min

We’ll be back with new AirSpace episodes on October 8th. In the meantime, here’s something a little different. AirSpace co-hosts Matt and Emily recently guest-starred on Escape This Podcast, where they played through a custom audio escape…
AirSpace Revisited: Me and the Sky

September 10, 2026 · 32 min

In honor of the 25th anniversary of the September 11th attacks, we're looking back on our 2020 episode about the Broadway musical Come From Away. If you’re a Broadway fan, you’ve likely heard about Come From Away—the Tony-award-winning…
AirSpace Revisited: Art Decade

August 27, 2026 · 25 min

The National Air and Space Museum's newly renovated building in Washington D.C. includes a beautiful new art gallery to showcase the museum's extensive collection of art, much of which came from the NASA Art Program. This week, we're…

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50 Years: Onward and Upward

August 20, 2026 · 23 min

If you haven’t been to the National Air and Space Museum in D.C. for a while, you may notice a few things have changed…actually, just about everything in the building, including the building itself, has been completely overhauled. What…
50 Years: New Ideas

July 23, 2026 · 25 min

As the National Air and Space Museum built its collection and its identity, it also needed to find its footing as a place for science and research. In the third episode of our four-part limited series “50 Years of Air + Space,” we’re…
50 Years: Origins

July 9, 2026 · 30 min

The National Air and Space Museum’s building in downtown Washington DC just turned 50 years old, but the Museum’s story began long before the ribbon-cutting in 1976. In this episode, we’re continuing our four-part limited series “50 Years…
50 Years: Opening Day

June 25, 2026 · 27 min

On July 1, 1976, the National Air and Space Museum opened its doors to the public. It was an unforgettable debut for an iconic building, complete with a flyover from the Air Force’s Thunderbirds, speeches from President Gerald Ford (and a…
AirSpace Bonus! Sidedoor: The Wright Sister

June 11, 2026 · 41 min

We'll be back soon with new episodes of AirSpace! In the mean time, here's a treat from our friends at Sidedoor. Orville and Wilbur Wright have been immortalized as the men who opened the skies to human flight. But could they have achieved…
AirSpace Revisited: How Do You Sleep?

May 28, 2026 · 27 min

One of the most commonly asked questions about living and working in space is where and how the astronauts sleep. Watching the astronauts set up their sleeping arrangements on the recent Artemis II mission around the moon got us thinking…
Whirly-Girl #13

May 14, 2026 · 28 min

In the late 1940s and early 1950s, helicopters were creating quite a buzz. After limited use during World War II, manufacturers ramped up production and enthusiasm for vertical flight soared. Although the dream of “a helicopter in every…

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About the show

We see the connections to aviation and space in literally everything. From our favorite movies and the songs in our playlists to the latest news of space exploration and your commercial flight home for the holidays – aerospace is literally everywhere you look. Twice a month, our hosts riff on some of the coolest stories of aviation and space history, news, and culture. We promise, whether you’re an AVGeek, wannabe Space Camper, or none of the above, you’ll find a connection to your life and learn something interesting in the process.