A swirly sculpture sits silhouetted against a rainbow sky at sunset outside the brutalist museum building.

National Air and Space Museum in Washington, DC

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The sun gleams off the observation tower and opening walkway of the Steven F. Udvar-Hazy Center, or museum location in Chantilly, VA.

Steven F. Udvar-Hazy Center in Chantilly, VA

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Brightly colored airplane hang as though in flight, with even more on the ground, in this larger airplane hangar turned exhibit space.

Boeing Aviation Hangar at the Steven F. Udvar-Hazy Center

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In a hangar dedicated to space artifacts at the Steven F. Udvar-Hazy Center, a space shuttle sits front and center. Space Shuttle Discovery looks like an oversized plane and its white paneling shows the wear and tear of flying in space.

James S. McDonnell Space Hangar

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The Blackbird SR-71, a Cold War era spy plane, stands against a black background. The plane is the epitome of cool, all swooping black lines to enable it to fly very very fast.

Lockheed Blackbird SR-71

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A mural of an astronaut holding a flag, with the lunar roving unit and another astronaut behind them, on the Moon, with planets in space behind them.

A Cosmic View Mural

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A studio model of the spaceship Enterprise from Star Trek floats against a black background. The ship as a disk shaped center with three horizontal cylinders trailing behind.

Star Trek Starship Enterprise Studio Model

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A red monoplane with a propeller sits at a jaunty angle against a black background.

Amelia Earhart's Lockheed Vega

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