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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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Specialists third class Nora Scott and Virginia Chenoweth
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Air Traffic Control

Air Mail Envelope
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Air Mail

Vanguard 1 Satellite Model
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Communications Satellites

A group of African-American people pose and wave on the boarding steps of an aircraft.
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Passenger Flight

Black and white American Airlines travel brochure promoting the airline following World War II. The brochure features an image of two people and a pilot looking at a large globe.
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Commercial Aviation at Mid-Century

A view of the America by Air gallery. Several large airplanes are suspended from the ceiling with smaller airplanes on the ground.
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Early Commercial Aviation

Hawaiian Airlines Stewardesses
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Flight Attendants

Security
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Governing Flight

Pan Am South Sea Isles Travel Poster
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Pan American Airways & International Commercial Aviation

National Airport Exterior
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Social Change in the Airline Industry

Boeing Dash 80 and Air France Concorde
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The Evolution of the Commercial Airliner

PSA Interior postcard
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The Evolution of the Commercial Flying Experience

Boeing 747 Spiral Stairs
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The Jet Age

Wind Tunnel
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The National Advisory Committee for Aeronautics

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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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