Museum of Space Travel
The Guide to Great Space Exhibits and Museums
The Cosmosphere
Nov 10th
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.
The Comsosphere: possibly the best space collection outside of NASA or the Smithsonian
Cradle of Aviation
Nov 16th
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 the National Air & Space Museum.
The museum is at Charles Lindbergh Blvd., Garden City, NY 11530
Cradle of Aviation Museum in Garden City, New York
Deke Slayton Memorial Space and Bike Museum
Nov 16th
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
Deke Slayton Space and Bike Museum in Sparta, Wisconsin
Franklin Institute
Nov 16th
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 and climb the steps!
The Franklin Institute in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania