http://dc.metblogs.com/2005/04/21/dc-metblogs-favorites-places-to-take-out-of-towners/ Sat, 27 Nov 2010 12:28:40 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 http://dc.metblogs.com/2005/04/21/dc-metblogs-favorites-places-to-take-out-of-towners/comment-page-1/#comment-472 Derek Fri, 22 Apr 2005 13:21:34 +0000 http://dc.metblogs.com/2005/04/21/dc-metblogs-favorites-places-to-take-out-of-towners/#comment-472 They do have the full Enterprise at the Udvar-Hazy center now, along with a few satellites and pieces of Skylab. The Enterprise they have there is actually a test vehicle used to test the gliding portion of the shuttle's return flight, as well as tests to mount it on the top of a 747 for transporting. So, the shuttle there doesn't have the actual tiles or rocket boosters or anything, but it really conveys just how massive it is. They do have the full Enterprise at the Udvar-Hazy center now, along with a few satellites and pieces of Skylab. The Enterprise they have there is actually a test vehicle used to test the gliding portion of the shuttle’s return flight, as well as tests to mount it on the top of a 747 for transporting. So, the shuttle there doesn’t have the actual tiles or rocket boosters or anything, but it really conveys just how massive it is.

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