 The Museum opened the first stage of "Moving Beyond Earth," an exhibition about human spaceflight and welcomed the arrival of two instruments brought back from the Hubble Space Telescope: the Wide Field Planetary Camera 2 that was on temporary display in Space Hall and the Corrective Optics Space Telescope Axial Replacement that will be featured in the "Moving Beyond Earth" gallery. |
| The National Air and Space Museum's two locations were featured in two Hollywood movies: "Night at the Museum: Battle of the Smithsonian" at the National Mall building and "Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen" at the Steven F. Udvar-Hazy Center. |
| Three new exhibit stations opened at the Steven F. Udvar-Hazy Center: Operation Migration, Inter-War Aircraft and World War I German Aircraft. |
| 1909 was a pivotal year in aviation: the U.S. Army purchased the first aircraft destined for military purposes, the Wright Military Flyer. To mark the centennial of military aviation the National Air and Space Museum held a series of events including a symposium and a family day at the Udvar-Hazy Center. |
