'Apollo to the Moon' No More: Air and Space Museum Closes Gallery

Space.com ^ | Dec 4, 2018 | Robert Z. Pearlman, collectSPACE.com Editor

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Weird. Never been there, but would have loved to go.

[musicman]

BTTT!!

[bgill]

I’m waiting for the US flag on Mars exhibit.

[neverevergiveup]

My favorite Smithsonian exhibit, by far.

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[musicman]

[Innovative]

They are renovating the museum. But,

“The new “Destination Moon” gallery is scheduled to debut to the public in 2022.”

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NASA’s website

Apollo to the Moon:
The story of human exploration of the Moon by the United States.

https://airandspace.si.edu/exhibitions/apollo-moon

[SES1066]

How VERY IRONIC to be closing this gallery just as we come to the GOLDEN ANNIVERSARY of the SUCCESS of the JFK PLEDGE! Almost like the Smithsonian wants us to forget Apollo 7 (Oct.1968) through Apollo 12 (Nov.1969)! 13 months of rip-roaring successes that almost seem mythic in today’s environment.

[NorthMountain]

It was (is?) a good exhibit.

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They are renovating the museum. But,
“The new “Destination Moon” gallery is scheduled to debut to the public in 2022.”

Don't have time now to look more deeply, but is this it? If not, please post a more appropriate link. Thanks.

https://airandspace.si.edu/exhibitions/destination-moon

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They are renovating the museum. But,
“The new “Destination Moon” gallery is scheduled to debut to the public in 2022.”

Never mind! It was right in the excerpt I posted at the top! Lol!

Rushing now to leave the house.

"Meanwhile, "Apollo to the Moon" is being replaced by "Destination Moon," a new gallery that will display many of the prior exhibition's artifacts while also expanding the focus of the hall."

[Calvin Locke]

Oh.

I thought they were replacing with “From Honduras to Tijuana”.

[tomkat]

Likely to make room for some raghead sh!t ?

[metmom]

That is inexcusable!

[tomkat]

This is disgraceful ! !

[21twelve]

Funny you should say mythic.

Buried in the press release on the closure of the exhibit FOREVER - “The exhibit will be closed as the Smithsonian has now received documents from NASA indicating that men never did reach the surface of the moon. It was all done on a Hollywood set, at a time when the Cold War had reached it’s peak.”

I imagine it will take longer for the remodel - but it would be cool if the NEW exhibit could open next year for the Golden Anniversary of the first landing on the moon? I mean Hollywood set?

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Meanwhile, "Apollo to the Moon" is being replaced by "Destination Moon," a new gallery that will display many of the prior exhibition's artifacts while also expanding the focus of the hall.

Likely to expand the focus to include more 'diversity'.