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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.
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Signup to Generate a PitchWe 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.
AirSpace is hosted by National Air and Space Museum. The show has published 209 episodes to date.
Recent episodes include "The Ballad of Willie Watkins" (22 October 2026, 33 minutes), "AirSpace Bonus! Escape this Podcast: Star Search" (24 September 2026, 75 minutes), and "AirSpace Revisited: Me and the Sky" (10 September 2026, 32 minutes).
AirSpace publishes roughly every two weeks, with episodes averaging 32 minutes across 209 episodes.
Booking probability for AirSpace is 36%, and the host is rated Selective on guests. AirSpace requires a Pod Score of 80 or higher. AirSpace's contact route on record: verified email.
The strongest fits for AirSpace are Airlines and Space Research. AirSpace has a history audience.
National Air and Space Museum hosts AirSpace, a history podcast with 209 episodes published.
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Episode #2
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...
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...
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...
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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...
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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...
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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 +...
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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...
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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...
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...
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...
Episode #12
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...
Episode #11
IT'S A BIRD! IT'S A PLANE! IT'S A . . . DOGHOUSE? Throughout Charles Schulz's Peanuts stories, Snoopy has used his incomparable imagination to go on iconic aviation and space adventures. He's transformed himself into a...
SPEED . . . SKILL . . . SABOTAGE? In August 1929, twenty pilots took off from Santa Monica in a historic and thrilling air race. The all-female lineup—including big names like Amelia Earhart, Pancho Barnes, and Louise...
Episode #9
In the Cold War, space was a new and critical frontier for intelligence. Many early satellites were spy satellites (although they did a bit of science, too). In this episode, we learn about two early U.S. spy satellite...
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Today on AirSpace: the scandal of the century! Matt and Emily are joined by friend of the show and Museum curator Bob van der Linden to learn all the twists and turns of the Air Mail Crisis of 1934. The controversy...
Episode #7
July 24th, 1969. After their historic mission to the Moon’s surface and back, there was one final step in the Apollo 11 mission: splashdown. As the command module floated (gracefully, we are sure) in the Pacific Ocean...
Episode #6
Unfortunately, there are still more humans than dogs in the average airport terminal. Still, it’s not uncommon to see dogs as you run to catch your flight. Some dogs, like humans, are just travelers passing through. But...
Episode #5
Space travel is hungry work. Humans have spent nearly six decades experimenting with different ways to feed astronauts (with mixed reviews). As astronauts live and work in space on longer missions further from home, a...
Episode #4
Science fiction heroes aren't usually humanities professors, but Arrival (2016) is the exception to that rule. Amy Adams stars as Dr. Louise Banks, who may be the only person on Earth who can figure out what a pair of...
Episode #3
Twinkle, twinkle, little star, how we wonder . . . well, where to even begin? How do stars form from gas and dust? Why do some stars go supernova? And what the heck is the "main sequence?" We brought in one of the...
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Senior Lecturer in Medieval History and Director of the Centre for the Study of Religion and Conflict, Nottingham Trent University
former NASA astronaut, professor of mechanical engineering at Columbia University, senior advisor for space programs at the Intrepid Sea, Air & Space Museum, NASA
Principal Specialist in Family Medicine at the University of KwaZulu Natal, Umthombo Youth Development Foundation
New York Times bestselling author and speaker, Smithsonian
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