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Two Smithsonian members deliver an atomic clock on loan from another Smithsonian Museum to the National Air and Space Museum. The employees stand in front of a section of the Museum under construction.

Installing an Atomic Clock

Metal rocket motor with four leg-like tubes below a cylinder-shaped combustion chamber. Small cutaway revealing the interior of the chamber. A second cutaway opens the halves of the motor.

ARS Rocket Motor No. 4

Asteroid Vesta taken from the Dawn Spacecraft

Asteroid Vesta taken from the Dawn Spacecraft

Sunrise over Udvar-Hazy Center

Sunrise over Udvar-Hazy Center

Astronaut Ed White in Space as Seen from the Gemini IV Spacecraft

Astronaut Ed White in Space as Seen from the Gemini IV Spacecraft

William Powell's Drafting Pen

William Powell's Drafting Pen

The Gerard P. Kuiper Airborne Observatory

The Gerard P. Kuiper Airborne Observatory

A roof for the Udvar-Hazy Center Space Hangar

A roof for the Udvar-Hazy Center Space Hangar

John W. Greene Jr.

John W. Greene Jr.

An Aeronautical Ballet

An Aeronautical Ballet

Aircraft moving to Udvar-Hazy Center

Aircraft moving to Udvar-Hazy Center

Map of MA-8 Flight

Flight Map for Wally Shira's Mercury Program Flight

Side view of bronze-colored metal trophy with oblong topper shape.

Bendix Trophy Presentation Version

Satellite-style view of a large lake in Canada.

Manicouagan Reservoir

Concorde arrival celebrated

Concorde arrival celebrated

Dr. James A. Van Allen

Dr. James A. Van Allen

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National Air and Space Museum

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

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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