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Topic: NM Museum of Space History: Boilerplate 1207
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Robert Pearlman Editor Posts: 42988 From: Houston, TX Registered: Nov 1999
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posted 03-04-2013 03:31 PM
collectSPACE Apollo capsule lands at New Mexico space history museumWhen it comes to museum membership perks, a full-size spacecraft is hard to top. Just such a benefit landed at the New Mexico Museum of Space History Friday (March 1), signaling the Alamogordo institution, a division of the New Mexico Department of Cultural Affairs, had become a Smithsonian Affiliate. The capsule, a metal mockup of the 1960's module that flew Apollo astronauts to the moon, is on loan to the museum from the Smithsonian's National Air and Space Museum in Washington, DC. "The arrival of the Apollo boilerplate represents the first of many new artifacts and exhibits that the museum will be able to share with its visitors because of our Smithsonian Affiliation," Chris Orwoll, the museum's executive director, said in a statement. |
p51 Member Posts: 1642 From: Olympia, WA Registered: Sep 2011
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posted 03-04-2013 04:14 PM
Does anyone know why Ocala, Florida lost this capsule? |
Robert Pearlman Editor Posts: 42988 From: Houston, TX Registered: Nov 1999
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posted 03-04-2013 04:47 PM
Mike Jetzer notes on his Heroic Relics website, that as of January of this year, the Ocala Discovery Science Center was looking for a new home for the boilerplate. |
mikej Member Posts: 481 From: Germantown, WI USA Registered: Jan 2004
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posted 03-04-2013 06:28 PM
I also noted that the Discovery Center was looking for a new home for BP-1207 here on collectSPACE. | |
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