The Steven F. Udvar-Hazy Center is an annex of the National Air and Space Museum at Dulles International Airport in Chantilly. Hellmuth, Obata and Kassabaum designed it, and Hensel Phelps built it. Steven F. Udvar-Hazy gave $65 million in October 1999. The center opened on December 15, 2003. The article names no style or materials.
The complex covers 760,000 square feet (71,000 m²). The Boeing Aviation Hangar is 293,707 square feet, and the James S. McDonnell Space Hangar is 53,067 square feet. It also has the Donald D. Engen Observation Tower, a restoration hangar, a conservation laboratory and an IMAX theater. A private taxiway links it to the airport runways.
Exhibits include Space Shuttle Discovery, placed on display on April 19, 2012, the Enola Gay, the SR-71 Blackbird and a Concorde. More than 1.2 million people visited in 2023. The article gives no hours or admission.
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