Air and Space Museum

During our second day in DC we went to the Smithsonian’s National Air and Space Museum. It holds the largest collection of historic air and space craft in the entire world.

Here is a look at some of the fun things we saw there:

The Viking Lander.

The Viking Lander.

Such a cool picture on the wall!

Such a cool picture on the wall!

La Minerve - designed by a french astronaut Etienne Robertson in 1803.  It wasn't a realistic design at the time!

La Minerve – designed by a french astronaut Etienne Robertson in 1803. It wasn’t a realistic design!

Richard and Tate looking at the Polar Star.

Richard and Tate looking at the Polar Star.

The Staggerwing (yellow) and Hughes H-1 (silver).

The Staggerwing (yellow) and Hughes H-1 (silver).

Voyager Spacecraft.

Voyager Spacecraft.

Navy VA 76

Navy VA 76

Tate's favorite section! He has learnt all the planets so spent ages pointing to each one and naming them.  Such a clever boy!

Tate’s favorite section! He has learnt all the planets so spent ages pointing to each one and naming them. Such a clever boy!

More planets!

More planets!

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