Smithsonian Air and Space Museum

We seized the opportunity on a Saturday when Justin could be with us to go to the Air and Space Museum. It was so cool, but super crowded on a weekend. We saw a cool IMAX 3D movie about Aircraft Carriers!
 The original plane built by the Wright Brothers:
 A model of Skylab:
 Monkeys in space!

 A simulation of a passenger plane cockpit:
 Lunar module:
 Learning about physics!
Justin and Elias rode the flight simulator... They loved it!!
 Tasting astronaut ice cream. Yum!

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