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National Air and Space Museum

Washington, DC

Closed through Fall 2022

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The exterior of the Steven F. Udvar-Hazy center.

Steven F. Udvar-Hazy Center

Chantilly, VA

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Chef in black chef coat cooks while an astronaut in blue flight suit helps
Unexpected Careers in Aerospace
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Rita Rapp displays the range of food containers used on the Apollo 16 mission
The Woman Who Got Real Food to Space
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Manufacturing Engineer with face shield holds a nozzle to make an aircraft part
Unconventional Career Paths in Air and Space
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Front engine and silver single-blade propeller on red Amelia Earhart Lockheed Vega 5B aircraft
Air and Space Anywhere
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Upcoming Events

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Earth photographed from Space
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Space2inspire: An Orbital Perspective of Earth as a Geoscientist, Artist, and Poet
A group of people hold an Apollo spacesuit
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Live Chat: Working at Air and Space
stars in the sky with animal and people shapes over top of the constellations
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Shared Planetarium Show
stars in the sky with animal and people shapes over top of the constellations
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Shared Planetarium Show
Graphic that says The Real Top Gun
Steven F. Udvar-Hazy Center in Chantilly, VA
Member Evening featuring "The Real Top Gun"
Night sky
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Soar Together @ Air and Space Virtual Family Day: UFOs: Fact or Fiction?
Night sky
Steven F. Udvar-Hazy Center in Chantilly, VA
Soar Together @ Air and Space In Person Family Day: UFOs: Fact or Fiction?
An illustration of a small boy looking out the window of a large spaceship. Above the illustration is text reading "Alistar in Outer Space."
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Flights of Fancy Story Time: Alistair in Outer Space
stars in the sky with animal and people shapes over top of the constellations
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Shared Planetarium Show
stars in the sky with animal and people shapes over top of the constellations
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Shared Planetarium Show
Airplanes on display outside the Udvar-Hazy Center.
Steven F. Udvar-Hazy Center in Chantilly, VA
Innovations in Flight Outdoor Aviation Display
Rendering of blue, cloudy planet
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Earth, Exoplanets, and Everything in Between

Past Events

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Amelia Earhart Beside Her Lockheed 5C Vega
Steven F. Udvar-Hazy Center in Chantilly, VA
Amelia Earhart: Pioneering Feminist
Telescopic observing draws young visitors
Steven F. Udvar-Hazy Center in Chantilly, VA
Observe a Lunar Eclipse
Space Shuttle Discovery
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Air and Space Adventures
An illustration of a human in spacesuit walking on the moon. The text reads "The spacesuit: How a seamstress helped put a man on the moon. Inspired by real people & events. by Alison Donald and Ariel Landy."
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Flights of Fancy Story Time: The Spacesuit
Rita Rapp explains a rehydratable food package to visitors.
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Soar Together @ Air and Space Virtual Family Day: Crafty and Creative Career Connections
Chef in black chef coat cooks while an astronaut in blue flight suit helps
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Unexpected Careers in Aerospace
Telescopic observing draws young visitors
Steven F. Udvar-Hazy Center in Chantilly, VA
Stargaze at the Udvar-Hazy Center
stars in the sky with animal and people shapes over top of the constellations
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Shared Planetarium Show
stars in the sky with animal and people shapes over top of the constellations
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Shared Planetarium Show
Ruins of ancient city of Tikal, with a large pyramid-shaped temple and several smaller dwellings on the grounds around it.
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Ancient Cities and Landscapes from Space: How Remote Sensing is Transforming Archaeology
Star Trek Enterprise
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Air and Space Adventures Virtual Game
Swirling clouds with other worldly large jellyfish in front of them.
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Creating Imaginary Worlds
Apollo at 50
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AirSpace Season 6, Ep. 2: Ice Ice Baby
An airship is seen with the back half of its body on fire as it is still in the air.
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Dealing with the Aftermath of the Hindenburg Disaster
A man sits in studio where a spacesuit stands in the foreground.
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Conserving and Digitizing Alan Shepard’s Mercury Freedom 7 Suit
A small helicopter sits at idle on a rocky surface.
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Ingenuity’s First Year on the Surface of Mars
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AirSpace Season 6, Ep. 1: 99 Luftballons
LRV Test Unit
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Conserving the Lunar Roving Vehicle
Astronaut standing on crocheted Moon holding Pride flag, with text next to it that says QueerSpace
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QueerSpace: Saxophones on the Moon
A rendered image of a museum's gallery that contains space related objects.
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How the Space Age Transformed Our Lives

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At a deeper level, I think the museum makes visitors feel proud to be human –

to be members of a species that has traveled from a lonely beach at Kitty Hawk, North Carolina, to the dusty surface of the moon in less than seven decades..." - John H. Glenn, Jr

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