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Smithsonian seeking space fans to retype Apollo spacecraft packing lists [i]Are you a fan of the Apollo moon landings? Are you curious about all of the different types of items that the astronauts carried onboard their spacecraft? Can you type? If so, then the Smithsonian might have the perfect pastime project for you. The National Air and Space Museum in Washington, D.C. has launched its first collaboration with the [URL=https://transcription.si.edu/instructions-apollo-stowage]Smithsonian's Transcription Center[/URL] to digitize the long lists of equipment that flew along with the Apollo astronauts from the Earth to the moon and back. "Today, we are publicly launching an exciting initiative to transcribe the Apollo stowage lists of all government- and contractor-provided equipment stowed on the Command and Lunar Modules during the six Apollo missions to [land] the moon," wrote Allan Needell, a curator with the Air and Space Museum's space history department. "With the help of volunteers, these transcriptions will eventually lead to a reliable and searchable database."[/i]
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