Day 11: Highlights of Washington - McDonnell Space Hanger
Today you will visit the Steven F. Udvar-Hazy Center, a companion to the Museum on the Mall. Our Highlights Tour includes the McDonnell Space Hanger. Explore the Space Shuttle Discovery and other space artifacts. Join us as we trace our history, science, and technology in space. Examine exciting aircraft from the early days of aviation to the space shuttle program, while learning about changes in technology over time. After your tour, enjoy the Mission to Mars learning Lab. From Mariner's first pictures of Mars in 1964 to Curiosity's landing in August 2012, humans have been on a quest to learn about the Red Planet. Explore the climate and geology of Mars and the challenges of robotic exploration in space. You’ll have the chance to work in mission design teams and use budget and science guidelines from NASA to create a spacecraft to fly to Mars. After an enriching day, we travel back to DC and explore the Capitol building. Tonight we go to a baseball game where dinner is served. (BB, HD)