The two artifacts are reunited in"Destination Moon," having previously been displayed in separate museums. The suit was restored for this exhibition as part of the Smithsonian's first crowd-funding campaign.
Along the same wall is a look at how women and civil rights played into and were affected by the expansion of NASA facilities, especially in the Deep South. Mirrors create the illusion of standing under the Saturn V inside the flame trench, but in reality there is only one complete F-1 and a quarter section from an example of a center-mounted engine in the"Destination Moon" gallery at the National Air and Space Museum in Washington, D.C.
Turning around to look back toward the Gemini display case, visitors ascend the stairway to the gallery's mezzanine . The red hue of the staircase is intended to evoke the Apollo-era mobile launcher gantry that stood beside and supported the Saturn V.