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Gallery 100 |
Milestones of Flight
The icons of flight, located off the museum's Mall entrance. Also
includes display of a touchable moon rock obtained during Apollo 17
mission.
Ryan NYP Spirit of St. Louis
Bell XP-59A Airacomet
Bell X-1 Glamorous Glennis
North American X-15
1926 Goddard rocket (replica)
1941 Goddard rocket
Sputnik 1 (replica)
Explorer 1 (backup)
Mercury Friendship 7
Gemini IV
Apollo 11 command module Columbia
Mariner 2 (replica)
Pioneer 10 (prototype)
Viking Lander (proof test article)
Pershing II missile
SS-20 missile
Breitling Orbiter 3 gondola
SpaceShipOne
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101 |
Museum Shop
Pitts S-1S Special
Starship Enterprise (model)
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102 |
Air Transportation (gallery closed but visible)
The story of air transportation of people, mail and cargo.
Pitcairn PA-5 Mailwing
Fairchild FC-2
Ford 5-AT Tri-Motor
Northrop Alpha
Boeing 247D
Douglas DC-3
Douglas DC-7 Vermont (nose only)
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103 |
At the Controls: Flight Simulators |
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104 |
Not in use |
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Golden Age of Flight
The airplanes, personalities and aviation events that marked the
years between the two world wars.
Wittman Buster
Hughes H-1
Beech C17L Staggerwing
Curtiss J-1 Robin Ole Miss
Northrop Gamma 2B Polar Star
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Jet Aviation
The story of the first 40 years of jet aviation (1939-79).
Messerschmitt Me 262
Lockheed XP-80 Lulu Belle
McDonnell FH-1 Phantom
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Early Flight
Gallery resembles an indoor aeronautical exhibition of 1913 and
covers the birth and early years of the air age.
1894 Lilienthal glider
Langley Aerodrome #5
Langley Quarter-Scale Aerodrome
1909 Wright Military Flyer
Curtiss Model D "Headless Pusher"
Ecker Flying Boat
Blériot XI
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Independence Avenue Welcome Center
The Mall building's Welcome Center is located near the Independence
Avenue entrance. There are two large wall murals: Robert McCall's
"The Space Mural - A Cosmic View" and Eric Sloane's "Earth Flight
Environment. Suspended above the Welcome Center is Voyager, the aircraft
that flew around the world without stopping or refueling in December
1986.
Voyager aircraft
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How Things Fly
Explains the principles of flight through more than 50 hands-on
activities including a Cessna 150 mock-up.
Boeing 757 airliner (fuselage section only)
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Looking at Earth
The practical uses of aerial photography, from early kite and
balloon observations to sophisticated spacecraft and satellite imagery.
De Havilland DH-4
Lockheed U-2
TIROS II satellite (prototype/test vehicle)
ITOS satellite (test vehicle)
GOES satellite (replica)
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Explore the Universe
Traces 400 years of evolution in the instruments humankind has
used to view the heavens and probe their secrets. Includes ancient
astrolabes and the Penzias and Wilson pigeon trap used to discover
the fading flash of the Big Bang.
Herschel 20-foot telescope
Observing cage, 100-inch Hooker Telescope
Backup mirror, Hubble Space Telescope
Faint Object Spectrograph
Hopkins Ultraviolet Telescope
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Exploring the Moon
Examines manned and unmanned lunar exploration.
Lunar Module 2 (test vehicle)
Ranger (replica)
Surveyor (test vehicle)
Lunar Orbiter (test vehicle)
Clementine (engineering model)
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Rocketry and Space Flight
The fact and fantasy of spaceflight from the 13th century to the
present. Includes exhibitry on the evolution of the spacesuit.
Congreve and Hale rockets
Goddard rocket
1926 Goddard rocket
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Space Race
Traces human space exploration from the end of WWII to the present.
It centers on the Cold War contest between the United States and the
former Soviet Union and examines the spectacular public milestones
and ultra-secret missions undertaken by these two great powers. Artifacts
include John Glenn's Mercury spacesuit and David Scott's Apollo 15
spacesuit.
V-2 missile
WAC Corporal rocket
Viking missile
Jupiter-C rocket
Vanguard rocket
Aerobee 150 rocket
Scout-D rocket
Minuteman III missile
Tomahawk cruise missile
Vanguard satellite
Skylab Orbital Workshop (backup)
Apollo-Soyuz Test Project (Apollo-test vehicle; docking module (backup; Soyuz- replica)
Soyuz TM-10
Merkur
M2-F3 lifting body
Hubble Space Telescope (test vehicle)
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Albert Einstein Planetarium
Regularly scheduled planetarium shows and special presentations
take place in this 220-seat facility. The Zeiss Model VI planetarium
instrument, digital effects and a high-definition video system simulate
the heavens on a 70-foot overhead dome.
Lockheed F-104 Starfighter (displayed outside planetarium)
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Sea-Air Operations
Gallery simulates a carrier hangar deck.
Boeing F4B-4
Grumman F4F Wildcat
Douglas SBD-6 Dauntless
Douglas A-4C Skyhawk
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World War II Aviation
The air history of World War II.
B-26 Marauder Flak Bait (nose only)
Supermarine Spitfire
Messerschmitt Bf 109
Macchi C.202 Folgore
North American P-51 Mustang
Mitsubishi A6M Zero
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Legend, Memory and the Great War in the Air
Compares the popular perceptions of World War I aviation with
the war's harsh reality. The gallery also reviews the enduring legacy
of strategic bombing, which was first introduced during World War
I.
Pfalz D.XII
SPAD XIII
Albatros D.Va
Fokker D.VII
Sopwith 7F.1 Snipe
Voisin VIII
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Exploring the Planets
Takes visitors on a tour of the solar system and imparts some
of the knowledge scientists have acquired by exploring the planets
via space missions and observations from Earth.
Voyager spacecraft (replica)
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208 |
Barron Hilton Pioneers of Flight
Artifacts represent unprecedented feats of flight. Includes commemorative
Lindbergh exhibit and "Black Wings," an examination of the roles of
African Americans in aviation.
Fokker T-2
Douglas World Cruiser Chicago
Curtiss R3C
Lockheed 8 Sirius Tingmissartoq
Lockheed 5B Vega
Explorer II gondola
MacCready Gossamer Condor (Gallery 102 balcony)
Bell 206 LongRanger II Spirit of Texas
Extra 260
Bud Light Spirit of Freedom gondola
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The Wright Brothers & The Invention of the Aerial Age
Celebrates the creation of powered heavier-than-air flight with
a thorough presentation of Wilbur and Orville Wright's biography,
their technical achievements and the cultural impact of their breakthrough
in the decade after 1903.
1899 Wright kite (replica)
1900 Wright glider (replica)
1902 Wright glider (replica)
1903 Wright Flyer
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Apollo to the Moon
Tells the story of the U.S. manned space flight programs from
Project Mercury through Skylab. Artifacts include a test Lunar
Roving Vehicle, lunar samples, Buzz Aldrin's Apollo
11 spacesuit and Eugene Cernan's Apollo 17 spacesuit. (Neil Armstrong's Apollo 11 spacesuit is currently off display for conservation.)
F-1 engine
Skylab 4 command module
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Flight and the Arts
The museum's art gallery features the exhibition "Generous Friends: Building an Art Collection for the National Air and Space Museum."
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Coming March 2013
Time and Navigation
The untold story of getting from here to there
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Lockheed Martin IMAX Theater
Theater is equipped with the large-format 3-D Imax system. Projected
on a screen five stories high and seven stories wide, films specially
prepared for the Museum are shown throughout the day.
Douglas D-558-2 Skyrocket (displayed outside theater)
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