National Air and Space Museum in Washington, USA Travel Guide

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The National Air and Space Museum in Washington, D.C. (abbreviated as NASM) is currently the largest flight museum in the world, collecting aircraft with important historical significance and representing cutting-edge technology. , spacecraft, rockets, missiles, various aviation engines, propellers, etc., as well as a large number of models, flight equipment, replicas of important aviation events, and relics of inventors and pilots. The entire museum is not only completely free, but also provides a variety of information with pictures and texts, encouraging visitors to touch and operate aircraft carriers, spaceships, fighter jets, astronomical telescopes, and highly imaginative high-tech facilities to introduce visitors to space and the future. .

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The National Air and Space Museum is located on Independence Road in Washington, the capital of the United States, just a stone's throw away from famous landmarks such as the White House and the Capitol Building. The museum has a construction area of ​​63,000 square meters, and its 24 exhibition halls display various types of aircraft, rockets, missiles, satellites, spaceships, wax figures of famous pilots, astronauts, and scientists, and various artifacts. Except for models that are too large and must be used, most of the exhibits are precious originals and objects, including ancient Chinese kite and rocket models, a replica of the world's first hot air balloon, and the first balloon invented by the Wright brothers in 1903. An airplane, mankind's first rocket, the first artificial satellite, the "Apollo" lunar module, the "Hubble" space telescope, space shuttles, aircraft carriers, the International Space Station, etc. There are 265 real airplanes. The museum also has the world's largest wide-screen three-dimensional movie hall. Its screen is 5 stories high and 33 meters wide, showing aerospace science films. In addition, there is a circular space pavilion with a diameter of 21 meters, which performs various celestial and aerospace scenes.

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Leisure, sightseeing, science popularization, museums

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