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National Air and Space Museum

600 Independence Avenue SW, Washington, DC
📅 1976–present🏛️ MuseumStill hereBuilt 1976
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National Air and Space Museum, 600 Independence Avenue SW, Washington, DC
National Air and Space Museum, Washington (2025) · G. Edward Johnson, CC BY 4.0 via Wikimedia Commons

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Opened during the Bicentennial by Apollo 11's Michael Collins, this museum houses Columbia—the only Apollo 11 spacecraft to return to Earth.

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