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Inside of a Silicon Chip

Inside of a Silicon Chip

Child with an airplane costume

2010 Become a Pilot Day

A sculpture with a continuous flow of twists and turns that loop into a symmetrical design is being treated by an individual.

Continuum Sculpture Treatment

Explainers in Washington, DC

Explainers in Washington, DC

Rhea

Rhea

A man with balding hair works on creating an early version of the rocket

Robert Hutchings Goddard

A man speaking into a microphone at the bottom of the frame with a screen of a portrait of a man in the background that makes up the bulk of the image.

Owen Gingerich

National Airport Exterior

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Cayley's Disc

Cayley's Disc

William T. Piper

William T. Piper

A black object similar in shape to a camcorder. It has a rectangular body with a lens on one end. Its also has another lens sticking out of the top.

Prime Focus Spectrograph

Katharine Wright in Early Automobile

Katharine Wright in Early Automobile

Howard “Howie” Levy

Howard “Howie” Levy

A sample of cow hair adhered to a spun-bond polyester substrate.

Cow Hair On Polyester Substrate

Apollo 12 Landing Site

Apollo 12 Landing Site

The 1902 Wright Glider in Flight, Side View

The 1902 Wright Glider in Flight, Side View

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National Air and Space Museum

National Air and Space Museum 650 Jefferson Drive SW
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202-633-2214

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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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