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FUN FACT!



The Virginia Air & Space Center, located in downtown Hampton, Virginia is 110,000 square feet and nine stories high!
 
Air & Spacecraft

Did you know...
Apollo 12 Command Module
• was launched on November 14, 1969.
• weighed 13,500 pounds at launch.
• traveled over 960,000 miles on its lunar mission.
• orbited the moon 31 times in 61.6 hours.
• returned to Earth on November 24, 1969.
Did you know...
The Wright Brothers' 1903 Flyer
achieved the "first flight" at Kitty Hawk,
North Carolina, December 17, 1903.

Come see our Replica 1903 Wright Flyer,
located in our Adventures in Flight gallery!



Currently featured, the Mars Curiosity Rover.