Smithsonian National Air and Space Museum

In 2018, the museum saw approximately 6.2 million visitors, making it the fifth most visited museum in the world, and the second most visited museum in the United States. The museum contains the Apollo 11 Command Module Columbia, the Friendship 7 capsule which was flown by John Glenn, Charles Lindbergh's Spirit of St. Louis, the Bell X-1 which broke the sound barrier, the model of the starship Enterprise used in the science fiction television show Star Trek: The Original Series, and the Wright brothers' Wright Flyer airplane near the entrance. The National Air and Space Museum is a center for research into the history and science of aviation and spaceflight, as well as planetary science and terrestrial geology and geophysics. Almost all space and aircraft on display are originals or the original backup craft. It operates an annex, the Steven F.

Address: 600 Independence Ave SW, Washington, DC 20560, United States
Departments: CENTER FOR EARTH AND PLANETARY STUDIES · National Air & Space Society
Opened: July 1, 1976
Director: Dr. Ellen Stofan
Phone: +1 202-633-2214
Architect: Gyo Obata