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Last time I was in DC, they had recently installed one of the space shuttles into the Dulles-area Smithsonian hanger. I was in "DC Central" and made a point to bus out to the off-site hanger for the space shuttle (and everything else there).

Although I did my paranoid pre-trip research [partial thanks to dad], I can understand the confusion.

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If you are only going to visit one location, or if you have young kids, or you want to hit up the other smithsonian museum's the Air and Space museum on the mall takes priority.

That said, I've been to the Air and Space museum a handful of times, and I only go back when I have visitors in town who want to do the tourist thing.

The udvar-hazy faculty is something I'll visit on my own over and over again. It's an incredible collection of important machines including the discovery space shuttle, an SR71 blackbird, the Enola Gay, etc.

Two of my favorite photos from Udvar-Hazy of the Shuttle Enterprise from a trip there many years ago. They had recently restored and placed it on display (this was around ~2003), prior to moving it to NYC years later. Shuttle Discovery is in its place now.

https://i.imgur.com/rvgjnn9.jpg

https://i.imgur.com/DrItbeK.jpg

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