First Look at Air and Space Museum's New 'Milestones of Flight' Hall

After 40 years, the National Air and Space Museum finally has its elephant. The proverbial pachyderm, in this case a restored Apollo lunar module gleaming with gold foil and a silverly metal skin, is now one of the first artifacts the public will encounter as they enter the Smithsonian museum's newly-renovated central hall, the Boeing Milestones of Flight. "The heart of the museum lives here," said Dailey at a press preview of the new Milestones of Flight gallery, which opens to the public on Fr