Smithsonian Institution museum on the National Mall in Washington D.C. — the most visited museum in the world — housing the Wright Flyer, Charles Lindbergh's Spirit of St. Louis, John Glenn's Friendship 7, and other aviation and space artifacts.
Houses and preserves the physical artifacts of aviation and space history — making the actual objects available for public inspection — and serves as the primary institutional memory of the aerospace achievements that inspired SpaceX and the founders podcast discussions of exploration.
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