"The Museum is dedicated to the preservation of the history of women in aviation and space and the documentation of their continuing contributions today and in the future."

Welcome to the online home of the International Women's Air & Space Museum. Located at Burke Lakefront Airport, in Cleveland Ohio, the museum is a repository of information about women in aviation and space. Selected information from our collections is available on this website. You will also find items from our Gift and Book store, and information about our many events held throughout the year. Take some time to browse our website, and while you're here, why don't you join us?

Coming Soon... A new temporary exhibit at the International Women's Air & Space Museum celebrating the achievements of Ohio women in air and space!  The exhibit is scheduled to run from April 24, 2010 to January 2, 2011.

BREAKING NEWS - The WASP Congressional Gold Medal Ceremony will take place on Wednesday, March 10, 2010 at the U.S. Capitol. We salute the WASP for their service to the country and this much-deserved honor.

MORE BREAKING NEWS -

Image Credit: NASA/Jim Grossmann

Space shuttle Endeavour lit up the night sky as it lifted off from Launch Pad 39A at NASA's Kennedy Space Center in Florida on Monday, February 8, at 4:14 am with a crew of six, including mission specialist Kathryn Hire. The primary payload for the STS-130 mission to the International Space Station is the Tranquility node, a pressurized module that will provide additional room for crew members and many of the station's life support and environmental control systems. Attached to one end of Tranquility is a cupola, a unique work area with six windows on its sides and one on top. The cupola resembles a circular bay window and will provide a vastly improved view of the station's exterior. The multi-directional view will allow the crew to monitor spacewalks and docking operations, as well as provide a spectacular view of Earth and other celestial objects.

Kathryn Hire

LOCK OF EARHART HAIR AT INTERNATIONAL WOMEN’S AIR & SPACE MUSEUM TURNS OUT TO BE THREAD - Read the press release-click here!

You can women astronauts both current and former on Twitter at these twitter names:

@Astro_Nicole   (Nicole Stott STS-128, Exp. 20/21)

@Astro_Cady  (Cady Coleman STS-73, 93)

@Astro_Sandy (Sandy Magnus STS-112, 126, Exp. 18)

@AstroKDS (Kathy Sullivan STS-41G, 31, 45)

@MsCoolAstro (Soyeon Yi Soyuz TMA-12)

@EDyson (Esther Dyson Soyuz TMA-14 back-up only—did not fly in space)

@Astro_Naoko (Naoko Yamazaki - scheduled to launch on STS-131, March 2010)

Follow NASA’s other astronauts on twitter at:

      @NASA_Astronauts

New!  Adopt an Exhibit at IWASM!  Learn more.nus

IWASM is on YouTube!  Be sure to check out our videos on YouTube.  Get a quick history lesson on Harriet Quimby, Clara Livingston and Ruth Nichols.  More profiles of great women aviators are being added so check back.  Click to get to YouTube

Attention Girl Scouts!  The International Women's Air & Space Museum can help you earn your Aerospace badge!  Learn more.

Now Available!! Are you a woman involved in any aspect of aviation? Submit your biography to us. The form can be retrieved here. (PDF file) Just fill it out and mail, fax, (216-623-1113) or email us and we'll add your information to our research center.

IWASM Press Room - Click Here!

  IWASM is generously funded by Cuyahoga County residents through Cuyahoga Arts and Culture

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