National Air and Space Museum
Overview
The world's largest aviation and space collection: the 1903 Wright Flyer, Spirit of St Louis, Apollo 11 command module Columbia, and a Moon rock visitors can touch. Eight thousand artifacts on the Mall with the Udvar-Hazy Center holding the shuttle Discovery and an SR-71. Nearly seven million visitors a year.
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