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	National Air and Space Museum - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Originally called the National Air Museum when it was formed on 12 August 1946, the National Air and Space Museum collection dates back to the closing of the 1876 Centennial Exposition in Philadelphia when the Smithsonian received a group of kites from the Chinese Imperial Commission.
		A variety of aircraft displayed at the National Air and Space Museum.
		The Air and Space Museum reports all thrust levels for rocket and jet engines in mass units of kilograms or pounds rather than force units of newtons or pounds-force (kilograms-force are no longer acceptable units in the modern metric system, SI).
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/National_Air_and_Space_Museum (759 words)

	Artcom Museum Tour: Neil Armstrong Air & Space Museum, Wapakoneta
		Creation of the Neil Armstrong Air and Space Museum exhibits was assisted by the loan of original space hardware from the Smithsonian Institution's National Air and Space Museum, the National Aeronautics and Space Administration, and the United States Air Force Museum.
		Air and Space Museum honors Neil Armstrong, the first man on the moon and other Ohioans who have attempted to defy gravity.
		The Neil Armstrong Air and Space Museum, which opened in 1972, reflects the boldness of air and space conquest through its unusual architecture.
	www.artcom.com /Museums/vs/mr/45895.htm (1393 words)

	National Air and Space Museum Historic photographs
		On 6 December 1985 NASA transferred title of the Enterprise to the National Air and Space Museum at a black tie gala at the airport.
		National Air and Space Museum airplanes at the Silver Hill, Maryland storage facility.
		Construction on the National Air and Space Museum, 16 October 1973.
	www.si.edu /archives/historic/nasm.htm (433 words)

	RedOrbit NEWS New National Air and Space Museum Opens
		The original Air and Space Museum, which will remain open, is the most visited museum in the world, with 9 million guests a year.
		The original museum in Washington displays only about 10 percent of its priceless collection of aircraft and large space artifacts.
		Some 10 percent of the collection is on loan to museums worldwide; the rest has been kept at a restoration and storage facility in Suitland, Md., and in hangars at Dulles and elsewhere.
	www.redorbit.com /modules/news/tools.php?tool=print&id=33381 (665 words)

	National Air and Space Museum National Mall Building
		The Museum benefits from the guidance received from the distinguished Americans on the National Air and Space Museum Board.
		The National Air and Space Museum on the National Mall in Washington, D.C. has hundreds of original, historic artifacts on display, including the Wright 1903 Flyer; the Spirit of St. Louis; the Apollo 11 command module Columbia; and a Lunar rock sample that visitors can touch.
		Historic Pictures of the Smithsonian: National Air and Space Museum
	www.nasm.si.edu /museum/flagship.cfm (696 words)

	Lighter-Than-Air
		Great Flights and Air Adventures, From Balloons to Spacecraft.
		From the beginning of the nineteenth century to the dawn of the space age, the balloon carried instruments and human beings to the roof of the atmosphere.
		Hot air balloons were flown by the brothers Joseph and Etienne Montgolfier as early as the spring of 1783.
	www.centennialofflight.gov /essay/Lighter_than_air/LTA-OV.htm (1497 words)

	Wings of Gold: National Air and Space Museum's new addition
		The goal of the National Air and Space Museum isn't to have everything, but to have those aircraft and space related vehicles and objects that satisfy the mission of the museum or have an established provenience.
		In 1980 all major airports within a one hour drive of NASM were surveyed to determine a site for a museum annex to house the remainder of the collection too big to be moved and dis played down town.
		Immediately following WWII II a law was passed establishing a National Air Museum.
	www.findarticles.com /p/articles/mi_qa3834/is_200210/ai_n9143877 (1311 words)

	National Air and Space Museum encompasses flight history, future
		At the National Air and Space Museum on the National Mall in downtown Washington, D.C., the space shuttle model in Space Hall is the site for visitors to remember the seven astronauts and the sacrifice they made for the benefit of all mankind.
		The National Air and Space Museum is an appropriate place to pay tribute to the brave men and women who dare to explore uncharted territories.
		National Air and Space Museum encompasses flight history, future
	www.dcmilitary.com /navy/seaservices/8_05/features/21469-1.html (484 words)

	Around the Mall & Beyond - Hands-on displays at the National Air and Space Museum's new gallery demonstrate the physics-and fun-of flight
		A permanent addition to celebrate the museum's 20th anniversary and the Smithsonian's 150th, it is worthy of "the world's most visited museum," with its eight million visitors a year.
		And it's why space capsules reenter the Earth's atmosphere with the large rounded surface facing forward." Heat is always a factor in supersonic flight; on the Concorde, Lopez said, you can put your hand on the inside wall and feel the warmth caused by friction, even though the plane is moving through 65-below-zero skies.
		Stetser explained that a team of 15 people at NASM worked on the gallery, which is generously supported by Boeing, NASA, the National Science Foundation, Cessna, the James Smithson Society and others.
	smithsonianmag.com /smithsonian/issues96/nov96/around_nov96.html (1453 words)

	[FPSPACE] New National Air and Space Museum Facility Opens
		The Air and Space Museum attracted nearly 10 million visitors last year, and officials expect the new facility, which is an annex of Air and Space, to draw 2 million to 3 million people to the busy Dulles corridor.
		The Udvar-Hazy Center bristles with aircraft, including an SR-71 Blackbird reconnaissance plane, an Air France Concorde, the Boeing B-29 bomber "Enola Gay" and the space shuttle Enterprise.
		The trusses also support the building's roof, which is 103 feet above the floor, higher than the ceiling at Reagan National Airport and about the same height as the vaulted lobby at Union Station.
	www.friends-partners.org /pipermail/fpspace/2003-December/010394.html (1658 words)

	National Museum of the United States Air Force
		The National Museum of the United States Air Force will offer several aerospace activities, including an opportunity to practice landing a model aircraft hanging from a string, during Family Day on Jan. 21.
		In an effort to increase awareness of upcoming news and events, the National Museum of the United States Air Force Public Affairs Division is launching a monthly e-mail newsletter.
		The Official National Museum of the United States Air Force
	www.wpafb.af.mil /museum (415 words)

	PRESS RELEASE: SMITHSONIAN NATIONAL AIR AND SPACE MUSEUM
		National Air and Space Museum, located at Sixth Street and Independence Avenue S.W., is open seven days a week from 10 a.m.
		The National Air and Space Museum, comprised of the Udvar-Hazy Center and the museum's building on the National Mall, will be the largest air and space museum complex in the world.
		The Smithsonian's National Air and Space Museum today (Aug. 18) unveiled the newly reassembled Enola, the Boeing B-29 Superfortress used to drop the first atomic bomb in combat.
	www.b-29s-over-korea.com /Enola/pressrelease.html (1059 words)

	VRMAG - SMITHSONIAN NATIONAL AIR AND SPACE MUSEUM QTVR PROJECT
		In preparation of the opening of the $311 million Udvar-Hazy Center, the Smithsonian’s National Air and Space Museum had to assemble, clean and move over 200 artifacts to the new facility, providing a rare opportunity for the Smithsonian to photograph a large portion of its collection.
		One hundred years later, Washington D.C.'s new 32,500 square meter Udvar-Hazy Center was opened, housing 82 aircraft and numerous space artifacts, engines and small objects amoung ten major thematic displays.
		The Museum is interested in photographing obects at the Museum on the Malll eventually and the Smithsonian is determing the logistics and necessary funding required.
	vrm.vrway.com /issue16/SMITHSONIAN_NATIONAL_AIR_AND_SPACE_MUSEUM_QTVR_PROJECT.html (1669 words)

	4th Wave National Air and Space Museum Photolog
		The Smithsonian's National Air and Space Museum is the most popular museum in the world.
		In spite of the fact that I live a short distance from Air and Space, as it frequently is called, it is always a pleasure to see the impressive exhibits.
		Some of the most impressive and valuable air and space craft are suspended from the ceilings.
	www.fourthwave.com /photolog/airandspace (203 words)

	National Air and Space Museum Draws Nearly 11 Million Visitors in FY 2003 - collectSPACE: Messages
		The National Air and Space Museum is the most visited museum in the world with an average annual attendance of more than 9 million people.
		The last time National Air and Space Museum attendance was more than 10 million was in 1998, when the total for the fiscal year was 10,238,890.
		The staggering number of visitors to the National Air and Space Museum is expected to increase by another 3 million starting in December, when the museum's companion facility at Washington Dulles International Airport opens.
	www.collectspace.com /ubb/Forum23/HTML/000744.html (489 words)

	Report of the National Air and Space Museum Review Team
		The National Air and Space Museum faces many challenges in preparing an exhibit which properly commemorates the end of World War II while presented against the backdrop of the Atomic Bomb.
		Martin Harwit, Director, National Air and Space Museum, to conduct a comprehensive review and make recommendations for revision of the current "script" of the proposed NASM exhibit entitled "The Crossroads: The End of World War II, the Atomic Bomb and the origins of the Cold War".
		This and several subsequent sections cover the beginnings of the nuclear arms race, other nations acquiring the Bomb, early attempts at international control, advances to hydrogen weapons, nuclear testing and the rise of the anti-nuclear movement.
	www.afa.org /media/enolagay/05-03eds.asp (3526 words)

	National Air and Space Museum Premieres New Planetarium Technology With "Infinity Express" SpaceRef - Your Space Reference
		The Smithsonian's National Air and Space Museum unveils new state-of-the art digital technology in its Albert Einstein Planetarium on Saturday, April 13, during a day of free activities for visitors.
		The National Air and Space Museum, located at Sixth Street and Independence Avenue S.W., is open seven days a week from 10 a.m.
		The National Air and Space Museum will celebrate the grand opening of "Infinity Express" with free showings at 10:30 a.m., 11 a.m., 5:30 p.m.
	www.skyskan.com /IE/offline/Discovery.htm (635 words)

	National Air and Space Museum Steven F. Udvar-Hazy Center
		The Museum benefits from the guidance received from the distinguished Americans on the National Air and Space Museum Board.
		The newly restored space shuttle Enterprise is the centerpiece of the James S. McDonnell Space Hangar at the National Air and Space Museum's Steven F. Udvar-Hazy Center in Chantilly, Va.
		The building opened in December, 2003, and provides enough space for the Smithsonian to display the thousands of aviation and space artifacts that cannot be exhibited on the National Mall.
	www.nasm.si.edu /museum/udvarhazy (576 words)

	Museums in Fairfax County, Virginia -- National Air and Space Museum, National Firearms Museum
		Museums in Fairfax County, Virginia -- National Air and Space Museum, National Firearms Museum
		In December 2003, the Udvar-Hazy Center of the Air and Space Museum opened on the grounds of Washington Dulles International Airport.
		The Steven F. Udvar-Hazy Center is a magnificent museum houses some of the world's best known air and space crafts.
	www.fxva.com /fxva/museums.html (877 words)

	Flights of Fancy at the National Air and Space Museum
		There are dozens of great museums in Washington DC, but when I was a little girl, none captured my imagination like the National Air and Space Museum at the Smithsonian Institution.
		Home > Travel & Culture > Washington, D.C. Flights of Fancy at the National Air and Space Museum
		Washington, D.C.- Flights of Fancy at the National Air and Space Museum - http://www.suite101.com/article.cfm/washington_dc/42141
	www.suite101.com /article.cfm/washington_dc/42141 (614 words)

	Smithsonian National Air and Space Museum Homepage
		New IMAX® film coming to the National Air and Space Museum Jan 27.
		Air Transportation gallery now closed to prepare for this new exhibition opening in 2007.
		Air Transportation Gallery Closing Jan. 9 to Prepare for New Exhibition at National Mall Building
	www.nasm.edu (120 words)

	MaxFlight Corporation, Press Release, National Air and Space Museum, May 1, 2002
		With MaxFlight’s new installation at the Smithsonian’s National Air and Space Museum, the museum visit is being revolutionized; this is maximum edutainment.
		Museums, Science Centers and Discovery Centers are discovering the stimulation of Simulation.
		Hands-on, interactive, immersive, cutting edge, crowd-generating full-motion action is taking the museum visitor from benign appreciation to flat-out excitement.
	www.maxflight.com /press/20020501_nasm.asp (602 words)

	About Treasures of The National Air and Space Museum Tin Abbeville Press
		Martin Harwit is the Director of the National Air and Space Museum.
		The Smithsonian Institution's National Air and Space Museum in Washington, D.C., is the world's most popular museum, with more than eight million visitors each year.
		About Treasures of The National Air and Space Museum Tin
	shopcdsbooks.com /Merchant2/merchant.mvc?Screen=PROD&Store_Code=ABB&Product_Code=0789206145 (326 words)

	National Air and Space Museum :: Discover the Benefits of Giving Wisely
		The Benhams believe the National Air and Space Museum is essential to awareness of the depth and breadth of aviation.
		During a visit to the National Air and Space Museum, Captain Elliott and Mrs.
		Museum docent Agnes Brown stands in front of the Douglas DC-3 on display in the Museum’s Air Transportation gallery.
	www.nasm.gift-planning.org /donor.php (1489 words)

	French Culture Art Air France Concorde at National Air and Space Museum (Dec. 2003)
		The Smithsonian Museum's National Air and Space Museum acquired an Air France Concorde on June 12, 2003 when the airplane - on its final flight - travelled from Paris to Washington Dulles International Airport in Virginia for display at the museum's Steven F. Udvar-Hazy Center, which will open on Dec. 15, 2003.
		Air France Concorde at National Air and Space Museum (Dec. 2003)
		The aircraft, F-BVFA, will be the first Concorde exhibited by a museum in the United States and is the oldest of five in the Air France fleet of the world's only supersonic passenger jetliner.
	www.frenchculture.org /art/events/03concordensap.html (553 words)

	National Air and Space Museum
		The National Air and Space Museum is dedicated to the preservation, restoration, and display of artifacts and technology that chronicle the development of aviation and space exploration.
		The museum continues to develop new exhibits to examine the impact of air and space technology on science and society.
		NASM maintains the largest collection of historic air and spacecraft in the world.
	www.volunteersolutions.org /acvo/org/2323592-printer.html (233 words)

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		The National Air and Space Museum has always been fascinating to me. I remember going to DC to see the original museum before the new mall facility was opened in 1976.
		The National Air and Space Museum is one of the most visited Museums in DC.
		My particular highlights, of the space center area, are being able to touch moon rock and the way they displayed the Saturn rockets, that are so huge, by using mirrors to show their size.
	www.epinions.com /content_142141132420 (1990 words)

	Milstar Team and Neil Armstrong are National Air and Space Museum Trophy Winners - collectSPACE: Messages
		The National Air and Space Museum Trophy was not awarded last year as the museum prepared for the opening of its Steven F. Udvar-Hazy Center in Virginia.
		The National Air and Space Museum building on the National Mall in Washington, D.C., is located at Sixth Street and Independence Avenue S.W. The Steven F. Udvar-Hazy Center is located in Chantilly near Washington Dulles International Airport.
		Milstar has been crucial to land, air, and sea operations for the campaign in Iraq, enabling commanders to receive intelligence quickly and to direct their resources--such as cruise missiles, bombers, and special forces--with maximum effectiveness.
	www.collectspace.com /ubb/Forum23/HTML/001050.html (1077 words)

	U.S. Newswire : Releases : "The National Air and Space Museum's Steven..."
		The National Air and Space Museum building on the National Mall in Washington, D.C., is located at Sixth Street and Independence Avenue S.W. Both facilities are open daily from 10 a.m.
		Public enthusiasm for the National Air and Space Museum was first confirmed at the museum's Mall building, which welcomed its millionth visitor 25 days after opening on July 1, 1976.
		The Mall building can only display about 10 percent of the museum's aircraft and large space artifact collection.
	releases.usnewswire.com /GetRelease.asp?id=31744 (714 words)

	CM Magazine: Book of Flight: The Smithsonian National Air and Space Museum.
		Book of Flight: The Smithsonian National Air and Space Museum.
		CM Magazine: Book of Flight: The Smithsonian National Air and Space Museum.
		This lavishly illustrated (over 350 photographs and illustrations), large-format book offers a sampling of the holdings of the Smithsonian Air and Space Museum in Washington, D.C., vaunted as the most visited museum in the world.
	www.umanitoba.ca /cm/vol8/no14/flight.html (556 words)

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