The next stop was the Smithsonian Air and Space Museum - Steven F. Udvar-Hazy Center near the Dulles airport in Chantilly, VA! This was the outside view of the observation deck where you could see planes landing at Dulles.
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As seen from the observation deck...
Discovery - this was the primary reason that we decided to go to the museum. It was a bit sobering and sad to see the decommissioned shuttle in a museum hanger instead of in Florida about to take off. It was however, really neat to be able to take pictures of everything - tiles, landing gear, etc within mere feet of an actual shuttle.
The rest of the museum is dedicated to aviation and it was amazing to see the evolution of aircraft. Jennifer, as always, loved seeing the various helicopters on display but decided that the newer ones and the military ones look MUCH more sturdy than the very early models.
Commander... go for launch :)
The very educational day ended with a trip to the Quantico area for a softball game. This is the Marine statue outside of the base on the way to the front gate...
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