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

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Satellite, COBE, FIRAS, Mirror Transport Mechanism

Satellite, COBE, FIRAS, Mirror Transport Mechanism

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Case, Charge Coupled Device

Case, Charge Coupled Device

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Detector, X-ray, Collimator

Detector, X-ray, Collimator

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Barograph

Barograph

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ATM, Film Magazine,

ATM, Film Magazine,

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Recorder, Strip Chart, Leeds and Northrup

Recorder, Strip Chart, Leeds and Northrup

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Pollen Tube "Sky-Hook", Lockheed Sirius "Tingmissartoq", Lindbergh

Pollen Tube "Sky-Hook", Lockheed Sirius "Tingmissartoq", Lindbergh

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Diffraction Grating, Prime Focus Spectrograph

Diffraction Grating, Prime Focus Spectrograph

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Barograph

Barograph

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Butterfly Habitat, STS-93

Butterfly Habitat, STS-93

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Full view of a long brown stick with three interconnected circles at the top. Two sticks extend horizontally out of the main stick with golden rings at their ends. Silver machinery is at the bottom of the stick.

Detector, Plasma Wave, OGO-5

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Telescope, OAO III, Princeton Experiment Package, Copernicus

Telescope, OAO III, Princeton Experiment Package, Copernicus

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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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