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  2. Martin Marietta X-24 - Wikipedia

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    X-24 The X-24B in flight General information Type Lifting body National origin United States Manufacturer Martin Marietta Primary users United States Air Force NASA Number built 1 (X-24A, rebuilt as X-24B) History First flight 17 April 1969 (X-24A) 1 August 1973 (X-24B) Retired 26 November 1975 Developed from X-23 PRIME The Martin Marietta X-24 is an American experimental aircraft developed ...

  3. National Museum of the United States Air Force - Wikipedia

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    In October 2004, the name changed from United States Air Force Museum to National Museum of the United States Air Force. [11] In June 2016, the museum open its 224,000-square-foot (20,800 m 2) fourth building that expanded the museum to the current 1,120,000 square feet (104,000 m 2) [12] of exhibit space. The fourth building houses the Space ...

  4. List of United States Air Force museums - Wikipedia

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    Minnesota Air National Guard Museum [citation needed] Selfridge Military Air Museum [citation needed] Strategic Air Command & Aerospace Museum [24] This museum was once part of the Air Force museum system, but was renamed and transferred to the Space Force when it became an independent branch: Air Force Space and Missile Museum [citation needed]

  5. List of NASA aircraft - Wikipedia

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    National Museum of the United States Air Force: Bell X-1E: Research, X-Planes, Retired Armstrong Flight Research Center: Armstrong Flight Research Center: Bell X-5: Research, X-Planes, Retired 1951 Armstrong Flight Research Center: National Museum of the United States Air Force: First aircraft to fly with variable geometry wings. [5] Bell XV-15 ...

  6. Steven F. Udvar-Hazy Center - Wikipedia

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    View from Ground Level (2024) Designed by Hellmuth, Obata, and Kassabaum, who also designed the National Air and Space Museum building, the Center required 15 years of preparation and was built by Hensel Phelps Construction Co. [4] The exhibition areas comprise two large hangars, the 293,707-square-foot (27,286.3 m 2) Boeing Aviation Hangar and the 53,067-square-foot (4,930.1 m 2) James S ...

  7. Space Shuttle retirement - Wikipedia

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    The Museum of Flight in Seattle, Washington, March Field Air Museum, Riverside, California, Evergreen Aviation and Space Museum, McMinnville, Oregon, National Museum of the U.S. Air Force, Dayton, Ohio, San Diego Air and Space Museum, San Diego, Space Center Houston, Houston, Texas, Tulsa Air and Space Museum & Planetarium, Tulsa, Oklahoma and ...

  8. U.S. Space & Rocket Center - Wikipedia

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    The U.S. Space & Rocket Center in Huntsville, Alabama is a museum operated by the government of Alabama, showcasing rockets, achievements, and artifacts of the U.S. space program. Sometimes billed as "Earth's largest space museum", astronaut Owen Garriott described the place as, "a great way to learn about space in a town that has embraced the ...

  9. Space Shuttle program - Wikipedia

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    It was later visually restored and was on display at the National Air and Space Museum's Steven F. Udvar-Hazy Center until April 19, 2012. Enterprise was moved to New York City in April 2012 to be displayed at the Intrepid Museum , whose Space Shuttle Pavilion opened on July 19, 2012.