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This year, the National Air and Space Museum in Washington, D-Ccelebrates its twenty-fifth birthday. Almosttwo-hundred-twenty-million people have visited the museum since itopened. The Air and Space Museum is the most popular museum in theworld. I'm Shirley Griffith. 本文来自英语堂
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"The Future Takes Off From Here." This is what National Air andSpace Museum officials are calling their year-long anniversarycelebration. The museum first opened its doors on July first,Nineteen-Seventy-Six. This was three days before the United Statescelebrated its two-hundredth birthday. At that time, PresidentGerald Ford called the museum a "perfect birthday gift from theAmerican people to themselves." And what a gift it has been for themillions of people who have visited the museum. About nine-millionpeople visit the Air and Space Museum each year. 本文来自英语堂
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Retired United States Marine Corps general and pilot John Daileyis the director of the Air and Space Museum. He says the museum hassucceeded beyond everyone's hopes. Now General Dailey says themuseum is taking new steps to educate people and support discovery.During the next year, the museum plans to hold several specialevents. They include free talks by space experts, a series of films,and the release of several new books. General Dailey said the launchof the year-long celebration on July first was a chance for themuseum to thank its friends and supporters. There was free food atthe celebration, balloons for children, and music by the UnitedStates Air Force Band. copyright englishtang
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The National Air and Space Museum is part of the SmithsonianInstitution. The Smithsonian includes sixteen museums, the NationalZoo and several research centers. Nine of the Smithsonian's museums,including Air and Space,louboutin pas cher, are on the National Mall in Washington.They are between the United States Capitol building and theWashington Monument honoring America's first president.
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The Air and Space Museum's collection of historic objects datesback to the Eighteen-Seventies when China gave the United Statestwenty hand-held kites. A kite is an object that flies at the end ofa rope. It is made with a small support or frame, and covered withpaper or cloth. During the celebration at the museum, hundreds ofchildren learned how to make their own kites. 本文来自英语堂
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One of the most famous objects at the Air and Space Museum is thefirst airplane. In Nineteen-Oh-Three, Wilbur and Orville Wrightbuilt a wood and cloth plane called the Wright Flyer. The plane madeits first flight from Kitty Hawk, North Carolina. Orville Wright waspiloting the Wright Flyer. It flew thirty-six meters. This historicfirst flight lasted just twelve seconds. Yet it launched thediscovery and development of flying machines. 本文来自英语堂
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Visitors can see another famous American airplane at the Air andSpace Museum. It is the Spirit of Saint Louis. InNineteen-Twenty-Seven, Charles Lindbergh became the first pilot inhistory to fly cross the Atlantic Ocean alone. The trip lastedthirty-three hours. Lindbergh flew from Long Island, New York toParis, France. He flew more than five-thousand-eight-hundredkilometers without stopping. His successful trip in the Spirit ofSaint Louis made Charles Lindbergh a world hero.相关的主题文章：
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