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

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Apollo 11: Buzz Aldrin on the Moon

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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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Lunar Orbiter

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  • Lunar lander with four square solar panels attached to central instrument box and round satellite dish
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    Lunar Orbiter was the project that mapped the Moon in preparation for the Apollo landings.  A total of five Lunar Orbiters were flown to the Moon. They were built for NASA's Langley Research Center by Boeing and launched to the Moon on Atlas-Agena rockets. The first three orbited around the Moon's equator and provided detailed photographic coverage of the primary Apollo landing sites, including stereo images.

  • Lunar lander with four square solar panels attached to central instrument box and round satellite dish

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December 20, 2016

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Eric Long

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Smithsonian's National Air and Space Museum

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Smithsonian Institution

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National Air and Space Museum

6th Street and Independence Ave, SW
Washington, DC

202-633-2214

Free Timed-Entry Passes Required

Steven F. Udvar-Hazy Center

14390 Air and Space Museum Parkway
Chantilly, VA 20151

703-572-4118

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