BGuthrie Photos: DC -- Natl Air and Space Museum -- General

DC -- Natl Air and Space Museum -- General:

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Description of Pictures: The main Air and Space Museum building downtown reopened to the public on October 14 and I had a 10am timed ticket so I'd be one of the first to see it. At this point, eight of the 23 galleries are open, just over 34%.

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Specific picture descriptions: Photos above with "i" icons next to the bracketed sequence numbers (e.g. "[1] ") are described as follows:
1. SIAIR_220206_06.JPG: Did you know...? These three "Skyrocket" junipers were planted to represent the early days of the National Air and Space Museum. Before this building opened in 1976, several large rockets in the museum's collection were displayed along the west side of the Arts and Industries Building to create "Rocket Row" (right). What other plants can you spot in this galactic garden with an "outer space" theme?
2. SIAIR_220206_17.JPG: Museum Entrance [ The museum had closed in late January and wasn't going to reopen -- temporarily -- in mid-March but the signs still made you think that you could get in if only you walked all the war around it to the other entrance. ]
3. SIAIR_220206_22.JPG: Juniperus scopulorcum "Skyrocket" Rocky Mountain Juniper
4. SIAIR_220206_28.JPG: Do you see any plants that resemble this? #SmithsonianGardens
5. SIAIR_220206_34.JPG: Do you see any plants that resemble these? #SmithsonianGardens
6. SIAIR_220206_37.JPG: Do you see anything FLYING through this garden? #SmithsonianGardens
7. SIAIR_220206_43.JPG: Take a look at this FAR OUT garden! Notice anything interesting? * Hint * Check out the plant names! @SmithsonianGardens
8. SIAIR_220206_47.JPG: "Moonshine" Yarrow
9. SIAIR_220206_49.JPG: STAR SINGLE "Neon Star" Pinks
10. SIAIR_220206_52.JPG: "Solar Cascade" Short's Goldenrod
11. SIAIR_220206_54.JPG: "Meteor Shower" Tall Verbana
12. SIAIR_220306_01.JPG: Smithsonian National Air and Space Museum Open During Construction Entrance on National Mall Side [ In actuality, the museum had closed at the end of January. It would temporarily open the next weekend for the If/Then She Can women in STEM 3-D printed statues.
13. SIAIR_220306_33.JPG: What's happening here?! We are allowing our Pawpaw tree to form a colony! The pawpaw is a massive tree that produces mango/banana-like fruits, the largest edible fruit in N. America.
14. SIAIR_220306_37.JPG: We're Under Construction The Museum will temporarily close for construction in late March 2022. We hope to see you when we reopen eight new galleries next fall.
15. SIAIR_220306_52.JPG: The National Air and Space Museum is CLOSED today. We apologize for the inconvenience.
16. SIAIR_220409_01.JPG: Transforming the National Air and Space Museum The National Air and Space Museum gratefully acknowledges the leadership donors whose support is helping us reimagine our National Mall building for the next generation of innovators and explorers. The first phase of the 23 newly transformed galleries will open in 2022. To learn more about how you can be a part of the Museum's transformation, contact NASMmembership@si.edu or visit IgniteTomorrow.si.edu The donors are listed presumably by level of their donation. The biggest are Jeff Bezos Boeing Raytheon Technologies Kenneth C. Griffin Thomas W. Haas Foundation The Hillside Foundation - Allan and Shelley Holt Kislak Family Foundation / Jay I. Kislak TEXTRON The second tier includes David M. Rubenstein Apollo 11 Commemorative Coin Program
17. SIAIR_220409_10.JPG: The National Air and Space Museum is temporarily closed for construction to bring you new galleries. Opening Fall 2022
18. SIAIR_220409_17.JPG: The National Air and Space Museum is temporarily closed for construction to bring you new galleries. Opening Fall 2022
19. SIAIR_221014_001.JPG: The National Air and Space Museum will open October 14, 2022. Reserve your timed-entry passes here: airandspace.si.edu/dc Visit si.edu/visit for information on Smithsonian museums' operating hours.
20. SIAIR_221014_015.JPG: "There's more to life than being a passenger." -- Amelia Earhart, Record-setter and Feminist
21. SIAIR_221014_019.JPG: "Don't let anyone rob you of your imagination, your creativity, or your curiosity." -- Mae Jemison, Space Pioneer
22. SIAIR_221014_022.JPG: "The real barrier wasn't in the sky but in our knowledge." -- Chuck Yeager, First Mach 1 Pilot
23. SIAIR_221014_055.JPG: Smithsonian Enterprises Notice of Filming This area is being used to record a project for Smithsonian Enterprises.
24. SIAIR_221014_075.JPG: Blue Room That's slang for an aircraft bathroom. It probably derived from the "blue ice" chemical used to treat bathroom waste.
25. SIAIR_221014_078.JPG: A Titanium "Bathtub" The cockpit of the USAF A-10 "Warthog" is made of titanium, protecting the pilot against groundfire and shrapnel during low-altitude attacks.
26. SIAIR_221014_080.JPG: Evacuation Station Commercial Airplane Toilet Waste Storage When you flush, waste travels through pipes to the rear of the plane, where it remains in a tank until landing. The tank is then emptied by special service trucks. Vacuum Flush When you flush, a trapdoor in the base of the toilet opens and a blue liquid disinfectant fills the bowl. That loud roar is not the outdoor air, but the sound of a vacuum being created and pushing the contents into a holding tank. It's powerful: exiting waste has been clocked at a velocity faster than a Formula 1 race car. Saving Water The vacuum system used only about 1/2 gallon (2 liters) of fluid per flush, compared to 1.6 gallons (6 liters) for typical water-saving toilets.
27. SIAIR_221014_083.JPG: Pressure Drop As air speeds up, its pressure goes down. When you activate a hand dryer, the pressure in the fast-moving air -- a fluid -- drops relative to room air. Learn more about Bernoulli's principle in Textron How Things Fly.
28. SIAIR_221014_084.JPG: Simple Style In 1936, the DC-3 airliner introduced a level of style and comfort -- including private bathrooms -- that for the first time made flying profitable and pleasant. Passengers could refresh themselves in a bathroom equipped with a toilet and sink. See a DC-3 in America by Air.
29. SIAIR_221014_088.JPG: Go With the Flow Fluids easily change shape depending on their viscosity (resistance to flow). Air and water -- both fluids -- have low viscosity, so the air from hand dryers and water from faucets flow easily.
30. SIAIR_221014_099.JPG: Carl Sagan Author and Astronomer "The universe is a pretty big place. If it's just us, seems like an awful waste of space."
31. SIAIR_221014_103.JPG: Sally Ride First US Woman in Space "Weightlessness is a great equalizer."
32. SIAIR_221014_107.JPG: Chuck Yeager First Mach 1 Pilot "The real barrier wasn't in the sky but in our knowledge."
33. SIAIR_221014_114.JPG: T-70 X-Wing Starfighter Screen-Used Vehicle The compelling vision of spaceflight imagined in Star Wars fundamentally changed how space science fiction was envisioned.
34. SIAIR_221014_117.JPG: T-70 X-Wing Starfighter Resistance Fighter Both the Rebellion and Resistance used X-wing fighters in their respective conflicts against the Galactic Empire and First Order.
35. SIAIR_221014_170.JPG: Jacqueline Cochran First woman Mach 1 pilot "Adventure is a state of mind -- and spirit."
36. SIAIR_221014_182.JPG: Note the green sign is blank on this side, but says "EXIT" on the other.
37. SIAIR_221014_190.JPG: Charles A. Lindbergh First to fly the Atlantic solo "The Spirit of St. Louis was a lens focused on the future."
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