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Virginia Air and Space Center
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Established1992 (1992)
LocationHampton, Virginia
Coordinates37°01′26″N 76°20′40″W / 37.023944°N 76.344498°W / 37.023944; -76.344498
TypeAerospace
Visitors345,000[1]
DirectorBrian DeProfio (interim)
PresidentJames Reade Chisman
CuratorAllen R. Hoilman
WebsiteOfficial website
VASC exterior

The Virginia Air and Space Science Center is a museum and educational facility in Hampton, Virginia that also serves as the visitors center for NASA's Langley Research Center and Langley Air Force Base. The museum also features an IMAX digital theater[2] and offers summer aeronautic- and space-themed camps for children.[3]

The museum includes the Apollo 12 Command Module Yankee Clipper.

  1. ^ "VASC Deficit Tops $3M". November 26, 2023. (subscription required)
  2. ^ "VASC IMAX".
  3. ^ Paitsel, Nicole (April 13, 2010). "Check museums, nonprofit orgs for educational summer camps". Hampton Daily Press. Retrieved July 25, 2010.

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