Although I know little about space and airplanes, nor am I a huge sci-fi buff, I definitely thought that visiting the Air and Space Smithsonian was a pretty cool experience--out of this world (ha, too much?). If you are a diehard space fanatic, you’ll love this museum, hands down, for obvious reasons. Don’t forget to go to the museum gift shop for a plethora of Star Wars merch, freeze-dried space food that lasts forever (I ate a hard and crunchy ice cream sandwich… it was kind of weird but tasty nonetheless), and lots of pseudo-space gear.
John Glenn would be proud that I got to see exhibitions on the history of NASA’s explorations, human spaceflight, pioneers and milestones of flight, commercial aviation, the Wright Brothers, and etc. Seeing colossal planes, shuttles, rockets, and missiles—all of which had a huge impact on the history of the United States and countries around the world, such as Germany and the Soviet Union—a few feet away from me was truly astonishing. I have never felt so tiny.
My favorite parts of the trip were seeing the WWII airplanes, going into the cockpit of an airplane, and seeing The Eagle (lunar module) from Apollo 11, the spaceflight that first landed humans onto the moon. That’s me in the picture above, standing right in front of it. (Not sure if it’s the real thing or a replica, but I dig it either way.)
Overall, the museums are definitely my favorite part of Washington, D.C. The things you get to see in Smithsonians are guaranteed to be interesting and are borderline surreal at times. I want to go to more before these 9 weeks are up! For more information on the Air and Space Museum, check this out: http://www.nasm.si.edu/
-B.C.
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