The Space Shuttle Discovery (Another Trip Post)

One place that we wanted to see again when we got to Washington, DC was the Air and Space Museum in Virginia. We stopped there four years ago and saw the space shuttle Discovery, which was AMAZING, but since we got there so late, we only saw the shuttle and then we had to leave. Matt wanted to see the rest of the museum this time, so we went back. He said this was really the only thing he wanted to see in the DC area!  I thought we should go to this museum the first day we were in DC. 

The space shuttle was just as amazing as it was four years ago!

(As a side note, Matt accidently deleted five days worth of pictures from my camera, and this was one of the days he deleted. Luckily, Megan was also taking pictures with her camera, so these are Megan's pictures. )


The Smithsonian Museum! You can see people walking up to it.  This museum is located about an hour outside of Washington DC in Virginia.  It is near the Washington Dulles airport.

 And of course, Megan has no pictures of us running into the museum in the pouring rain! And Matt couldn't figure out the parking machines, so he had to run back out with a "free parking pass." He was completely soaked!

Space Shuttle Discovery! This is what you see as you walk into the museum.

The front of the space shuttle. I love that you can see all the wear and tear on the heat tiles on the bottom of the aircraft.

I guess when you are not taking pictures, you might actually get IN a picture!

They had a video of the last Discovery launch from Kennedy Space Center.

A view of the space shuttle. Pictures just don't do this justice. It is huge!

The back of the space shuttle. See the little people down below?

A space suit that was used when walking on the moon.

And of course, Megan likes to pose people and take pictures. I thought these were cute!! Such serious poses of my kids!

 Don't mind the German swastika in the background!