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Topic: Where are the capsules?
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MarkRP
Member Posts: 174
From: Michigan, USA
Registered: Nov 2002
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posted 12-09-2006 06:32 PM
   
Where are all the Mercury, Gemini, Apollo, Skylab and Apollo/Soyuz capsules on display? I know the Gemini 8 capsule is at the Neil Armstrong Air and Space Museum. There is at least one Apollo capsule at the Smithsonian Air and Space Museum and there are a couple on display at Kennedy Space center. But where are the rest?Mark |
ejectr
Member Posts: 1758
From: Killingly, CT
Registered: Mar 2002
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posted 12-09-2006 06:36 PM
http://aesp.nasa.okstate.edu/fieldguide/pages/aaindex/home1.html |
MarkRP
Member Posts: 174
From: Michigan, USA
Registered: Nov 2002
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posted 12-09-2006 06:43 PM
Thanks. I had no idea it was going to be that easy an answer. Mark |
Ray Katz
Member Posts: 145
From:
Registered: Apr 2003
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posted 12-10-2006 02:17 PM
Yeah, that's a great website! I think it's pretty up-to-date, too...You may also be interested in where other (non-American) spacecraft are, and other artifacts on display...I have a growing site covering that called Museum of Space Travel.
http://www.museumofspacetravel.com |
Blackarrow
Member Posts: 3160
From: Belfast, United Kingdom
Registered: Feb 2002
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posted 12-10-2006 08:04 PM
It seems absolutely ridiculous that not one single flown Apollo spacecraft is on display at KSC. |
Robert Pearlman
Editor Posts: 43576
From: Houston, TX
Registered: Nov 1999
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posted 12-10-2006 08:22 PM
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Originally posted by Blackarrow:
It seems absolutely ridiculous that not one single flown Apollo spacecraft is on display at KSC.
Apollo 14's command module Kitty Hawk is on display at the Astronaut Hall of Fame, which is part of the Kennedy Space Center Visitor Complex... |
divemaster
Member Posts: 1376
From: ridgefield, ct
Registered: May 2002
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posted 12-10-2006 08:24 PM
Since they moved out the ASTP CM, there isn't anything flown on display. However, the AHOF is now part of Delaware North and you can get in there with your KSC pass to see the Apollo 14 CM. It's just down the road a bit. The memorabilia on display is pretty incredible.However, the Shepard jockstrap that is pictured in The Real Space Cowboys must be locked up in the vault. [Edited by divemaster (December 10, 2006).] [Edited by divemaster (December 10, 2006).] |
mikej
Member Posts: 481
From: Germantown, WI USA
Registered: Jan 2004
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posted 12-11-2006 06:08 AM
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Originally posted by divemaster:
Since they moved out the ASTP CM, there isn't anything flown on display.
Gemini 9 was there the last time I visited, and according to the Field Guide, it's still there. It's in one of the buildings off of the rocket garden ("Early Exploration" building, as I recall). |
Blackarrow
Member Posts: 3160
From: Belfast, United Kingdom
Registered: Feb 2002
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posted 12-11-2006 04:56 PM
Thanks for the clarification, Robert, although - strictly speaking - I was referring to the KSC Visitors' Center. Still, if I make it to Florida this year to see a shuttle launch, Kitty Hawk will be another good reason to visit the Astronaut Hall of Fame. By the way, as I type this I am glancing at a photo of a rather younger version of myself almost leaning against the open hatch of "Odyssey" at KSC in July, 1975. I even got the chance to insert the upper half of my body inside the Apollo 13 capsule. I remember that any time I watch the Tom Hanks film! |
mark plas
Member Posts: 385
From: the Netherlands
Registered: Aug 2000
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posted 12-12-2006 04:57 PM
What was the reason of removing the interior of the Apollo 13 capsule and place it in a boilerplate ??? |
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