Smithsonian Air And Space Museum Space Shuttle
The space shuttle democratized and internationalized human spaceflight.
Smithsonian air and space museum space shuttle. Udvar hazy center near washington dulles international airport is the companion facility to the museum in washington d c. Visit us in washington dc and chantilly va to explore hundreds of the world s most significant objects in aviation and space history. Named for renowned sailing ships of exploration discovery is preserved as intact as possible as it last flew in 2011 on the 133rd space shuttle mission.
I am a regular visitor to both locations of the smithsonian national air space museum national mall location in washington dc and the steven udvar hazy l. Visit the moving beyond earth gallery focused on the space shuttle era. It enabled the growth of new disciplines in microgravity science biological and physical sciences that explored the fundamental nature of anything in an environment without the dominant influence of gravity.
The complete history of aviation. Visit one museum two locations. Our nasm shuttle cap is khaki in color with navy threading.
The national air and space museum logo with shuttle is on front of the cap nasm is on the front bill and dc washington is on the back strap. 14390 air and space museum parkway. Nasa transferred discovery to the smithsonian in april 2012 after a delivery flight over the nation s capital.
Smithsonian national air and space museum nasm techquest eye in the sky branding focusing on the use of satellites for space exploration our team designed an event logo type treatment banner graphic elements and space themed imagery to brand the eye in the sky program. Explore discovery s flight deck mid deck and payload bay in these panoramic images panoramic images. The udvar hazy center displays thousands of aviation and space artifacts including the space shuttle discovery and a concorde in two large hangars.
The exhibit includes a full size mockup of the space shuttle discovery middeck.