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Smithsonian National Air and Space Museum: Steven F. Udvar-Hazy Center

Dulles Airport

Chantilly, VA

www.nasm.si.edu

The Udvar-Hazy Center is a large complex housing the bulk of the Smithsonian's Air/Space holdings. For those interested in the history of aviation and space travel, it's an essential visit. These photos are from my visit in the spring of 2008.

04/23/2008 11:29:17
Steven F. Udvar-Hazy Center
04/23/2008 11:31:20
Donald D. Engen Tower
04/23/2008 11:33:33
Front entrance
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Cold War aviation
04/23/2008 11:48:21
World War II aviation
04/23/2008 17:21:45
World War II Aviation
04/23/2008 17:22:41
World War II Aviation
04/23/2008 12:18:25
Model from Close Encounters
04/23/2008 12:50:27
Space food
04/23/2008 12:50:45
How early astronauts used the toilet
04/23/2008 13:00:32
Gemini 8 guidance computer (1966)
04/23/2008 13:06:52
International Ultraviolet Explorer control station (1978-1996)
04/23/2008 13:17:41
Space Shuttle main engine
04/23/2008 13:30:52
CDC 3800 Computer (ca. 1963)
04/23/2008 13:30:33
CDC 3800 Computer (ca. 1963)
04/23/2008 13:31:09
Univac 1232 Computer (Air Force satellite control: 1967-1990)
04/23/2008 13:31:22
Univac 1232 Computer (Air Force satellite control: 1967-1990)
04/23/2008 13:31:42
Univac 1232 Computer (Air Force satellite control: 1967-1990)
04/23/2008 13:37:59
Standard Missile-3 (2005 - ballistic missile defense)
04/23/2008 13:38:17
Standard Missile-3 (2005 - ballistic missile defense)
04/23/2008 13:39:44
SAM-7 heat-seeking anti-aircraft missile
04/23/2008 13:57:59
Guided missiles
04/23/2008 14:05:33
Titan II Intertial Measurement Unit (guidance system)
04/23/2008 14:20:35
Arado Ar 234B Blitz (1942 - first operational jet bomber)
04/23/2008 14:20:56
Arado Ar 234B Blitz (1942 - first operational jet bomber)
04/23/2008 14:23:38
Kugisho MXY7 Ohka Model 22 (1945- jet-propelled kamikaze plane/missile)
04/23/2008 14:24:11
Kugisho MXY7 Ohka Model 22 (1945- jet-propelled kamikaze plane/missile)
04/23/2008 14:51:23
Aerial view of Lower Manhattan (early 20th century)
04/23/2008 15:22:45
Langley Aerodrome A (1903 - almost became the first airplane)
04/23/2008 15:23:19
Langley Aerodrome A
04/23/2008 15:24:09
Langley Aerodrome A
04/23/2008 15:25:00
Langley Aerodrome A
04/23/2008 17:06:36
Langley Aerodrome A
04/23/2008 15:29:11
North American P-51C Mustang 'Excalibur III'
04/23/2008 15:30:03
Boeing 307 Stratoliner Clipper Flying Cloud
04/23/2008 14:41:06
Enola Gay (dropped the first atomic bomb on Japan)
04/23/2008 15:30:52
Enola Gay cockpit
04/23/2008 15:31:17
Enola Gay cockpit
04/23/2008 15:55:30
Pathfinder Plus (solar-powered high altitude unmanned aircraft)
04/23/2008 15:59:44
Model of Sikorsky CH-54 Tarhe 'Skycrane' - lifts 10 tons (1962)
04/23/2008 16:38:46
Cameras
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Cameras
04/23/2008 16:42:47
Bell XV-15 Tilt Rotor research aircraft - led to development of the deadly V-22 Osprey
04/23/2008 17:01:07
Airship artifacts
04/23/2008 17:01:28
Dinner place setting from the Hindenberg
04/23/2008 17:01:38
Cups and saucers from the Graf Zeppelin and Hindenberg
04/23/2008 17:10:01
First airborne radio transmitter (1911)
04/23/2008 17:15:17
Airplane engines
04/23/2008 17:11:47
General Electric J31 jet engine (1943)
04/23/2008 17:12:29
General Electric J31 jet engine (1943)

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