• The Gemini IV spacecraft, the Apollo 11 Command Module, and Mercury Friendship 7 Capsule sit on the floor of the museum below hanging planes and a satellite prior to the opening of the museum.
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    Major artifacts are prepared for display in the original Milestones of Flight gallery just months before the opening of the National Air and Space Museum on July 1, 1976. Pictured on the floor are (from left to right) the Gemini IV spacecraft, Apollo 11 Command Module Columbia, and Mercury Friendship 7.  Hanging objects are (from left to right): Ryan NYP Spirit of St. Louis, Bell X-1 "Glamorous Glennis," 1903 Wright Flyer, Mariner 2 spacecraft, and the North American X-15.

  • The Gemini IV spacecraft, the Apollo 11 Command Module, and Mercury Friendship 7 Capsule sit on the floor of the museum below hanging planes and a satellite prior to the opening of the museum.

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February 1976

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