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View of the Steven F. Udvar-Hazy Center tower at sunset

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Visit us in Washington, DC and Chantilly, VA to explore hundreds of the world’s most significant objects in aviation and space history. Free timed-entry passes are required for the Museum in DC.

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Apollo 11: Buzz Aldrin on the Moon

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space shuttle launch

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Women in Aviation and Space Family Day

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Bob Hoover Gives an Air Show Performance

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Aircraft

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Image of nose of Spirit of St. Louis airplane

Aircraft of the National Air and Space Museum.

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Fabric, Confederate Balloon

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Full view of a large brown wooden circle that has a diamond shape with a line through it.

Balloon Valve

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Side view of the white gondola. Brown cloth panels extending to the right. Red text visible.

Gondola, Strato-Jump III

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Metal balloon basket decorated with red, white, and blue stars and stripes

Gondola, Balloon, Don Piccard

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Basket, Balloon, Wicker

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Gondola, Double Eagle II

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Basket, Balloon, USMC, World War I

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A gray gondola with foam padding and bronze cylinders near the top.

Gondola, Raven

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Three quarter side view of yellow Bud Light Spirit of Freedom Capsule against a black background

Bud Light Spirit of Freedom Capsule

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Open daily 10:00 am – 5:30 pm

National Air and Space Museum

National Air and Space Museum 650 Jefferson Drive SW
Washington, DC

202-633-2214

Free Timed-Entry Passes Required

Steven F. Udvar-Hazy Center

Steven F. Udvar-Hazy Center 14390 Air and Space Museum Parkway
Chantilly, VA 20151

703-572-4118

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