Virginia Air And Space Museum

See the apollo 12 command module a mars meteorite and a three billion year old moon rock.

Virginia air and space museum. As a venue for corporate and association events the national air and space museum offers a private exclusive experience among the icons of flight at the museum in washington dc or the steven f. The had some good exhibits some interactive exhibits and stuff geared towards kids. Almost like a smaller version of the national air space museum. Went to this museum on a recent day trip and i found it wasn t too bad.

Erected in 1986 the museum housed a collection of some thirty four airframes both owned and on loan ranging from reproductions of wright brothers kite gliders to the still state of the art sr 71 blackbird. They were offering free imax tickets but did not have. 37 31 1 n 77 20 2 8 w 37 51694 n 77 334111 w 37 51694. It is a subsidiary of the science museum of.

This world class facility features the adventures in flight and space quest galleries and more than 100 hands on exhibits that tell the story of air and space exploration. The museum has many planes on display several which highlighted advancements in aviation owing to the research carried out at langley. The center features interactive aviation exhibits spanning 100 years of flight more than 30 historic aircraft a hands on space exploration gallery unique space flight artifacts and more. One museum two locations.

Udvar hazy center in chantilly virginia. Home to the apollo 12 command module and the orion pa 1 test vehicle vasc offers over 150 exhibits. The virginia air space center is also the visitor center of the nasa langley research center. Visit us in washington dc and chantilly va to explore hundreds of the world s most significant objects in aviation and space history.

77 334111the virginia aviation museum was an aviation museum in unincorporated henrico county virginia adjacent to richmond international airport. The museum includes the apollo 12 command module yankee clipper. That s a common statement from visitors when they enter the national air and space museum s steven f. The virginia air and space center is a museum and educational facility in hampton virginia that also serves as the visitors center for nasa s langley research center and langley air force base the museum also features an imax digital theater and offers summer aeronautic and space themed camps for children.

Among the artifacts on display is the apollo 12 command module.