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2 National Air and Space Museum

The Smithsonian’s National Air and Space Museum opened Apollo to the Moon
in 1976. The soaring architecture of the building on the Mall, Full of artifacts, this
designed by Hellmuth, Obata, and Kassabaum, is well suited exhibit tells the story of
how the United States
to the airplanes, rockets, balloons, space capsules, and put a man on the moon.
thousands of small artifacts related to aviation and space
flight. A second site, the Steven F. Udvar-Hazy Center,
located near Dulles International Airport, opened in
2003. Its two massive hangars house many more
items, including the Space Shuttle Discovery.
Together, the two sites make up the largest air
and space museum complex in the world.

Restaurant
Skylab Orbital Workshop
This was an orbiting workshop for sets
of three-person crews, who conducted
research experiments.

. Star Trek Enterprise Studio Model
This model of the starship was used in the weekly Star
Trek television program that aired from 1966 to 1969. It
has been restored.
Lockheed Martin
Key to Floor Plan
IMAX ® Theater
Boeing Milestones of Flight Hall Mall
Exploring the Moon Entrance
Aviation in World Wars I and II
The Space Race
Barron Hilton
Pioneers of Flight
Other exhibitions
Explore the Universe
. Spirit of St. Louis
Temporary exhibition space
At the age of 25, pilot Charles Lindbergh
Wright Brothers made the first solo transatlantic flight in this
Developments in Flight plane, landing in France on May 21, 1927.

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