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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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Aviation
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Spaceflight
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Astronomy
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  • Dwarf planets
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Society and Culture
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Portraits of People in Small Squares in a collage.
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People You Should Know


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Black and white image of a woman in the cockpit of an airplane. Painted text of the side of the airplane reads: "[first line on left] Good luck Alverna [Second line on left] Sarah Coventry [centered line on right] Someday"
Story

Alverna Williams: Returning to the Skies – Celebrating the 30th Anniversary of the Americans with Disabilities Act, Part 2

A partial view of the left side of an airplane with a white then red stripe under the cockpit. A woman in a pink mock turtleneck sweater with a gold chain necklace sits on the wing of the airplane. She has lost both legs above the knee.
Story

Alverna Babbs: Fighting to Fly – Celebrating the 30th Anniversary of the Americans with Disabilities Act, Part 1

aircraft in flight
Story

Neal V. Loving: Pilot, Engineer, Aircraft Designer

Seven men sit in a tube-like structure.
Story

How Being Deaf Made the Difference in Space Research

Frontal view of the first pressure helmet, made of metal, following conservation treatments. White-colored corrosion deposits have been removed.
Story

Conserving Wiley Post’s Helmet

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Bottom of Wright EX Vin Fiz biplane with "Vin Fiz" in green lettering with grape detail

Wright EX Vin Fiz

Object

Loving WR-3

Object
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National Air and Space Museum

6th St. and Independence Ave SW
Washington, DC 20560

202-633-2214

Open daily
10:00 am - 5:30 pm
Free Timed-Entry Passes
Required

Steven F. Udvar-Hazy Center

14390 Air and Space Museum Parkway
Chantilly, VA 20151

703-572-4118

Open daily
10:00 am - 5:30 pm
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