Museum of Space Travel
The Guide to Great Space Exhibits and Museums
Grissom Museum
Nov 16th
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 Mill State Park which has an admission fee of $4 – $7 (depending on the vehicle); admission to the museum is included in the fee.
Gus Grissom Museum in Mitchell, Indiana
Houston Space Center
Nov 16th
This is the place; where NASA controls its manned space missions. This place is an active facility, and home to so much history.
What you must do is take the tour. You can visit the historic Mission Control Center and the new, operating one.
Then there’s the Astronaut Gallery, which boasts the world’s greatest collection of space suits.
You can find the space center at 1601 NASA Parkway (formerly NASA Rd. 1), Houston, TX 77058, approximately 25 miles south of downtown Houston in the NASA/Clear Lake area. Operating Hours are 10am – 5pm weekdays. 10am – 6pm weekends. Extended hours throughout the summer and some holidays.
For hours on a specific day call 281-244-2100.
Houston Space Center
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International Women’s Air & Space Museum
Nov 16th
Located at Cleveland’s Burke Lakefront Airport (downtown), this is a free exhibit which includes a tribute to the Mercury 13 women—women who passed the tests to become Mercury astronauts, but were denied astronaut status…because the United States wasn’t ready. (The Soviet Union was; they launched the first women in space, Valentina Tereshkova, in 1963.) The museum also has a console from Houston’s mission control on display.
International Women's Air & Space Museum at Cleveland's Burke Lakefront Airport
Intrepid Museum
Nov 16th
The ship Intrepid is itself a primary recovery vessel for NASA. It was the primary recovery ship for Scott Carpenter’s Mercury flight, Aurora 7. When the craft landed hundred’s of miles off target, the Intrepid sent out two helicopters to search for the craft and astronaut. Both were successfully recovered. A replica of Aurora 7 is exhibited aboard the museum.
The Intrepid also recovered the first manned Gemini flight, the “Molly Brown” (Gemini 3) and it’s crew, Gus Grissom and John Young.
The Intrepid Sea, Air & Space Museum is located on the West side of Manhattan on Pier 86, 12th Ave. & 46th Street.
Intrepid Museum in New York City
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