"Boeing Milestones of Flight Hall" Reopens at the Smithsonian's National Air and Space Museum

June 28, 2016
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Milestones of Flight hall

The National Air and Space Museum will reopen the “Boeing Milestones of Flight Hall” July 1 in conjunction with the museum’s 40th anniversary. Several of the museum’s most iconic artifacts will remain on view, and new ones have been added. 

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  • Large fan mounted to wall
    Eric Long / Smithsonian’s National Air and Space Museum
    Boeing Milestones of Flight Hall: Wind Tunnel Fan

    NACA Wind Tunnel Fan (NACAWindTunnelFan.jpg)

  • Milestones Hall with Viking lander in foreground
    Mark Avino / Smithsonian’s National Air and Space Museum
    Boeing Milestones of Flight Hall: Viking Lander

    View of the Boeing Milestones of Flight Hall with Viking Lander in the foreground.

    Photo by Mark Avino / Smithsonian’s National Air and Space Museum

     

  • Telstar satellite on display
    Eric Long / Smithsonian’s National Air and Space Museum
    Boeing Milestones of Flight Hall: Telstar1

    Telstar 1 

  • Enterprise model in case
    Photo by Eric Long /Smithsonian’s National Air and Space Museum
    Boeing Milestones of Flight Hall: Starship Enterprise on Display

    Studio Model of Starship Enterprise 

  • Artifacts on display in Milestones Hall
    Eric Long / Smithsonian's National Air and Space Museum
    Boeing Milestones of Flight Hall: SpaceShipOne and Bell X-1

    SpaceShipOne and Bell X-1 “Glamorous Glennis” 

  • Plane on display in Milestones Hall
    Photo by Eric Long / Smithsonian’s National Air and Space Museum
    Boeing Milestones of Flight Hall: Ryan NYP “Spirit of St. Louis”

    Ryan NYP “Spirit of St. Louis” 

  • Aircraft on display in Milestones Hall
    Eric Long / Smithsonian’s National Air and Space Museum
    Boeing Milestones of Flight Hall: North American X-15

    North American X-15 

  • Spacecraft on display in Milestones Hall
    Eric Long / Smithsonian’s National Air and Space Museum
    Boeing Milestones of Flight Hall: Mercury “Friendship 7” and Gemini IV

    Mercury “Friendship 7” and Gemini IV 

  • Interactive exhibit wall
    Eric Long / Smithsonian’s National Air and Space Museum
    Boeing Milestones of Flight Hall: Interactive Wall

    Interactive Wall 

  • Apollo Lunar Module in Milestones Hall
    Mark Avino / Smithsonian's National Air and Space Museum
    Boeing Milestones of Flight Hall: Apollo Lunar Module

    The Apollo Lunar Module displayed as a centerpiece below the “Spirit of St. Louis” in the newly renovated Boeing Milestones of Flight Hall.

    Photo by Mark Avino / Smithsonian’s National Air and Space Museum