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November 13, 2004
Visiting New Air and Space Museum Wing
This afternoon, Todd and I made a trip to the Dulles Airport annex of the Smithsonian Air and Space Museum. On November 1, 2004, a new space hangar wing had just opened, and this was our first time visiting that new wing. I was surprised at how many exhibits there were. Before the new wing opened, I could see the Space Shuttle Enterprise in the hangar, but couldn't walk into the area.
There were neat displays of rocket engines, space suits, a actual scale prototype of the Mars Pathfinder lander and the Sojourner vehicle, and even Anita, the first spider in zero-G. Anita was preserved, of course.
Definitely worth going to see, if you are in the Dulles airport area.
Posted by Kathy at November 13, 2004 04:31 PM