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Summary

The Independence Avenue Lobby of the new National Air and Space Museum is opened to the general public during visiting hours. The Milestones of Flight Gallery, which includes the Wright Brothers' Aeroplane, the Spirit of St. Louis, the Apollo 11 Command Module, the Bell X-1, and John Glenn's Mercury space capsule, can be viewed.

Subject

  • Apollo 11 Command Module
  • Bell X-1 (Airplane)
  • Milestones of Flight (Exhibition)
  • National Air and Space Museum
  • Spirit of St. Louis (Airplane)

Category

Chronology of Smithsonian History

Notes

Torch, 3/1976, p. 1

Contact information

Institutional History Division, Smithsonian Institution Archives, 600 Maryland Avenue, S.W., Washington, D.C. 20024-2520, SIHistory@si.edu

Date

February 2, 1976

Topic

  • Exhibit openings
  • Exhibitions
  • Wright Flyer (Airplane)

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