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Virginia Air & Space Center Visit
    
 
   
                   
      What: Visit to the Virginia Air & Space Center    
      Where: 600 Settlers Landing Road, Hampton, Virginia 23669    
      When: Saturday, July 26th 1:00pm    
      Meet: We are meeting at the museum promptly at 1pm Saturday    
      Cost: Group rate tickets are $4 per person    
                     
     
If you've never been there, you don't want to miss this opportunity. If you have been there before, we're sure you know it's worth a return visit.
    
           
      For those of you who didn't know it, NASA Langley in Hampton is a major research center for aviation operating since 1917 and was the birthplace of the nation's space program in the 1960s. The VASC is a first rate Museum containing a large variety of artifacts and interactive exhibits representing decades of research and exploration of interest to both young and old. Highlights include over a dozen historic aircraft, a replica of the Wright Brothers' 1903 Flyer, the actual Apollo 12 command module, and a Space Shuttle landing simulator.    
           
      Come face-to-face with the world of NASA's secret eyes with the new traveling exhibit Eyes on Earth. Gaze into the heavens at the Mission Kiosk designed to illuminate the night sky or look down upon the Earth from an altitude of 22,000 miles. Learn how NASA and other scientific institutions use satellites to study the Earth and see how satellites are able to orbit our phosphorescent planet. Design a satellite and discover the inner-workings of satellite technology including how lenses and aperture create a perfect image.    
         
         
         
     
   
     
Virginia Air & Space Center
    
     
Be sure to wear comfortable shoes!!
   
     
Scouts and leaders wear your Class B Uniforms
    
     
   
     
Remember, this visit is an activitiy that can be applied towards the
    
     
Flight 2003 Program and Patches
    
     
(Bring your Flight 2003 Passport Book to have it stamped by the museum)
    
           
     
For museum details see http://www.vasc.org/
    
     
For more about NASA Langley, see http://www.larc.nasa.gov/
    
           
     
See the maps below for location
    
     
   
           
     
   
     
   
           
           
     
   
           
     

DIRECTIONS: Its best to check traffic conditions at the Hampton Rds Bridge Tunnel. LEAVE EARLY SO TRAFFIC DOESN'T MAKE YOU LATE!!!!

• If you are sure traffic is light, follow I-64 West through the HRBT to Hampton. Take exit 267 to Settlers Landing Road. Take a left and proceed over the bridge; the Center will be on your left just past the Radisson Hotel; the parking facility will be one block further on your right.

    
      • Alternately, follow I-64 East ("Outer Loop") towards Suffolk to the end. Stay to the left and follow I-664 North through the Monitor Merrimac Memorial Bridge Tunnel to Hampton. Where I-664 ends, exit right into I-64 East (again). Take exit 267 at Settlers Landing Road. Take a right and proceed over the bridge; the Center will be on your left just past the Radisson Hotel; the parking facility will be one block further on your right. This is about 10 miles further, but could save you half an hour or more of waiting at the HRBT.