旅遊英語：美國航空航天博物館
美國國家航空航天博物館於1976年7月開館，是史密森學會創建的衆多博物館之一，也是全世界首屈一指的有關飛行的專題博物館。
South side of the Mall between Fourth and Seventh streets SW; closest Metro L'Enfant Plaza.
The National Air and Space Museum is by far DC's most popular attraction， drawing nearly ten million people every year. Most of them may seem to be here on the day you come， but the hangar-like building can accommodate everyone without feeling crowded， and you can always see the hundreds of historic aircraft close up. Hanging from the rafters in the main entrance gallery， the "Milestones in Flight" include the handmade plane in which the Wright Brothers made the first powered flight in 1903; Charles Lindbergh's Spirit of St Louis， in which he made the first solo transatlantic crossing in 1927; the claustrophobic Mercury capsule in which John Glenn orbited the earth in 1962; and the ultra-light Voyager， which flew around the world non-stop in 1986.
Most of the museum is taken up with exploring the space race from both American and Soviet perspectives， using models and actual spacecraft to show the development from von Braun's V1 rockets up to a gawky-looking lunar module. "Apollo to the Moon" is one of the most fascinating galleries， centering on the Apollo 11 (1969) and 17 (1972) missions， the first and last respectively there's Neil Armstrong's and Buzz Aldrin's spacesuits， navigation aids， space-food， clothes and charts， and an astronaut's survival kit (complete with shark repellant)。 Further galleries include "Stars"， a history of astronomy; "Looking at Earth"， where the aerial photographs include Boston snapped from a balloon in 1860 and German castles recorded by camera-toting pigeons; and "The Great War in the Air"， bursting with dogfighting biplanes.
The museum also shows a rotating program of super-large-screen IMAX movies ($4; 202/357-1686 for times)， all of which have some connection with flying; the most spectacular， The Dream is Alive， was shot from an orbiting space shuttle. The Flight Line cafeteria and the Wright Place restaurant enable star-struck families to stay in the building all day.
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South side of the Mall between Fourth and Seventh streets SW; closest Metro L'Enfant Plaza.
The National Air and Space Museum is by far DC's most popular attraction， drawing nearly ten million people every year. Most of them may seem to be here on the day you come， but the hangar-like building can accommodate everyone without feeling crowded， and you can always see the hundreds of historic aircraft close up. Hanging from the rafters in the main entrance gallery， the "Milestones in Flight" include the handmade plane in which the Wright Brothers made the first powered flight in 1903; Charles Lindbergh's Spirit of St Louis， in which he made the first solo transatlantic crossing in 1927; the claustrophobic Mercury capsule in which John Glenn orbited the earth in 1962; and the ultra-light Voyager， which flew around the world non-stop in 1986.
Most of the museum is taken up with exploring the space race from both American and Soviet perspectives， using models and actual spacecraft to show the development from von Braun's V1 rockets up to a gawky-looking lunar module. "Apollo to the Moon" is one of the most fascinating galleries， centering on the Apollo 11 (1969) and 17 (1972) missions， the first and last respectively there's Neil Armstrong's and Buzz Aldrin's spacesuits， navigation aids， space-food，clothes and charts， and an astronaut's survival kit (complete with shark repellant)。 Further galleries include "Stars"， a history of astronomy; "Looking at Earth"， where the aerial photographs include Boston snapped from a balloon in 1860 and German castles recorded by camera-toting pigeons; and "The Great War in the Air"， bursting with dogfighting biplanes.
The museum also shows a rotating program of super-large-screen IMAX movies ($4;202/357-1686 for times)， all of which have some connection with flying; the most spectacular，The Dream is Alive， was shot from an orbiting space shuttle. The Flight Line cafeteria and the Wright Place restaurant enable star-struck families to stay in the building all day.
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1976年7月開館的美國國家航空航天博物館，是史密森氏學會創建的衆多博物館之一，也是全世界首屈一指的有關飛行的專題博物館。座落在美國首都華盛頓特區的東南方，每月接待觀衆達10萬之多，第一年的參觀人數超過1000萬人次，創美國各博物館最高紀錄。它是目前世界上最大的飛行博物館，是由玻璃、大理石和鋼材構成的現代化建築。
博物館的24個展廳共有18000平方米的展覽面積。各展廳陳列飛行史上具有重要意義的各類飛機、火箭、導彈、宇宙飛船、及著名飛行員、宇航員用過的器物。除體積過於龐大的採用模型外，展品絕大多數都是珍貴的原物或備用的實物。館內陳列品沒有“請勿動 手”的標牌，觀衆可以自己動手操作。
