Steven F. Udvar-Hazy Center

Steven F. Udvar-Hazy Center is a museum in Chantilly, VA, part of the Washington DC guide. Cost: free.

14390 Air and Space Museum Parkway · Chantilly, VA

Why you should go…

The Steven F. Udvar-Hazy Center is the National Air and Space Museum's companion site beside Dulles International Airport. Its two hangars hold more than 200 aircraft and spacecraft, including Space Shuttle Discovery, the B-29 Enola Gay, a Lockheed SR-71 Blackbird and an Air France Concorde. You can ride up the Donald D. Engen Observation Tower to watch planes land at Dulles and look into the restoration hangar where staff preserve artifacts.

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