Featured Museum
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Deke Slayton Memorial Space and Bike Museum
16 November 2009 6:15 PM | 4 CommentsYep. You read that right. Space & Bike Museum. Located in Sparta, Wisconsin (Deke's home town).
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Archive for November, 2009
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South Florida Science Museum
West Palm Beach Florida (561) 832-1988 This museum has a space gallery with artifacts from the American and Russian space programs. They have a moon rock from Apollo 14, an Apollo space suit (pictured) and the largest nickel-iron meteorite in the state of Florida. -
Stafford Air & Space Museum
If you’re ever in Weatherford, Oklahoma (?!), you’ll want to check out the General Thomas P. Stafford Air & Space Museum. Newly expanded, the museum centers on (obviously) astronaut Stafford who flew on Gemini 6, Gemini 9, Apollo 10 and the Apollo-Soyuz Test Project (ASTP). Exhibits include Stafford’s space suit helmet (I’m trying to find [...] -
St. Louis Air & Space Museum
McDonnell Douglas, a St. Louis company, made the Mercury and Gemini spacecrafts, so it’s no surprise that a local musuem has an interesting space collection. Included are: a Gus Grissom Mercury space suit worn in training; Gordo’s training space suite for his Mercury flight; various items worn and used by Elliot See (who died before [...] -
Strategic Air & Space Museum
Located in Ashland, Nebraska, the emphasis here is on military aircraft. However, there are some interesting space-related artifacts. They have a flown Block 1 Apollo command module which was used in a sub-orbital test. Plus, a few early satellites used to monitor Soviet nuclear bomb tests. Maybe not worth a long drive to Nebraska, but [...] -
Tulsa Air & Space
The Tulsa Air & Space Museum has exhibits that feature info on NASA unmanned space programs and on astronauts from Oklahoma. Hands-on exhibits feature a simulation of launching the shuttle Discovery, and operating the Shuttle’s robotic arm. The museum is at 3624 N. 74th E. Ave., Tulsa, OK 74115. The phone number is: 918-834-9900. The [...] -
U.S.S. Hornet Museum
It’s at 707 W Hornet Avenue, Alameda, CA 94501 The recovery ship for Apollo 11 and Apollo 12 is itself a historical artifact. On display: The Apollo 14 mobile quarantine facility; The AS 202 command module—an unmanned flight for which the Hornet did recovery in 1966. ; An SH3D recovery helicopter. (It’s the same model [...] -
U.S. Space and Rocket Center
Great stuff! Original Mercury and Gemini trainers; a full-size replica of a Saturn V; and the actual moon-flown command module from Apollo 16, Casper. Also, home to “Space Camp.” Unfortunately, due to low attendance, hours will be temporarily cut. The Center will be closed on Mondays and Tuesdays from Nov. 3 until March 2, 2009. [...] -
Virginia Air & Space Center
Located in Hampton, Virginia, the biggest draw for space fans is the Apollo 12 command module. They also have a LM simulator, a Viking Lander, and a number of other “must see” items, (757) 727-0900. -
Wings Over the Rockies
In Denver, this museum an Apollo command module and a mockup of a space station module (produced by Martin-Marietta for the never-built “Freedom” space station. Instead, the ISS was built.). 7711 East Academy Boulevard, Denver, CO 80230-6929. Telephone: 303.360.5360. -
Apollo 7
In October 1968, NASA launched its first manned test of the Apollo spacecraft—Apollo 7. Led by veteran Wally Schirra, the crew took the new moonship through its pace in an eleven day earth-orbital mission. The crew, which included Walt Cunningham and Donn Eisle (in what would be their only spaceflight) did a great job: NASA [...]
