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- NASA Lunar Orbiter Spots Old Soviet Moon Landers
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Archive for November, 2009
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Air Force Space & Missile Museum
Perhaps the most impressive space-related artifact here is the original Gemini “white room”, where astronauts suited up and made final preparations for their flights. Also, on the grounds of the museum, is launch complex 5/6, from which Alan Shepard and Gus Grissom made the first two manned Mercury flights. To visit the museum, you go to [...] -
Armstrong Air & Space
Located in Armstrong’s home town of Wapakoneta, OH, this museum has the original flown Gemini 8 spacecraft—in which Armstrong and Dave Scott performed the first American docking in space—and nearly died when they went into a wicked spin. Also on display: the plane in which Armstrong learned to fly; Armstrong’s backup spacesuit for Apollo 11; [...] -
Bartlett’s Exploratory
It’s amazing that this venue in Wisconsin a 43 foot long core module of the Mir space station—the actual backup for the Russian space station that hosted Russian and American crews in the 1990s. Address: 560 Wisconsin Dells Parkway, Wisconsin Dells, WI 53965 Phone 608-254-2525 -
The Cosmosphere
n the unlikely location of Hutchinson, KS, this is an amazing place with the greatest collection outside of The National Air & Space Museum. On display: the Apollo 13 command module (Odyssey); a flown (unmanned) Vostok spacecraft; several flown spacesuits; and, of course, Gus Grissom’s Liberty Bell 7 Mercury spacecraft. -
California Science Center
700 State Drive, Los Angeles, CA; phone: (323) 724-3623 There’s some great artifacts to be seen here! The ASTP command module; Gemini 11; the monkey-flown Mercury-Redstone 2; and Tom Mattingly’s Apollo 16 spacesuit. -
Cradle of Aviation
Among the exhibits: the lunar module from the (unflown) Apollo 18 mission, on display here! Bet that Dick Gordon is still wishing he could take this baby out for a ride! (The Apollo 18 mission, which Gordon was slated to command was cancelled. Apollo 17 was the last moonlanding.) This LM is on long-term loan from [...] -
Deke Slayton Memorial Space and Bike Museum
Yep. You read that right. Space & Bike Museum. Located in Sparta, Wisconsin (Deke’s home town), this museum. They seem to have a high-pressure suit of some kind (maybe a Mercury space suit?) on display and some other artifacts. I’m trying to find out more. In the meantime, you can call ahead: 1-888-200-5302 or 1-608-269-0033 -
Franklin Institute
A science museum, largely focused on exhibits of interest to grade school children, its main space feature is an exhibit called “Space Command”. However, I am more impressed with the (often neglected) early full-sized lunar module mockup out back. Last I checked, if you noticed it at all, you could go right up to it [...] -
Frontiers of Flight
You’ll find this museum in Dallas, TX right by Love Field. While largely focused on aviation, this museum exhibits a number of “shoudn’t miss” items, including the Apollo 7 command module. -
Grissom Museum
Gus Grissom was the 2nd American in space. This museum in Grissom’s hometown of Mitchell, Indiana includes Gus’ Gemini capsule, the Molly Brown, suspended from the ceiling. Also on display: Grissom’s spacesuit, gloves and helmet from his Gemini mission and the flag that draped his coffin at Arlington National Cemetery. The museum is in Spring [...]
