Posts: 3387 From: Netherlands Registered: Nov 2001
posted 11-28-2009 03:19 AM
Forty years ago today, the Mobile Quarantine Facility carrying the Apollo 12 crew arrived in Hawaii enroute to the Lunar Receiving Laboratory in Houston. This was the scene that greeted the crew as the MQF was being offloaded from the recovery ship USS Hornet.
Ed Hengeveld
KSCartist Member
Posts: 2896 From: Titusville, FL USA Registered: Feb 2005
posted 11-28-2009 04:59 AM
Makes you proud to be an American doesn't it?
Tim
BMacKinnon Member
Posts: 230 From: Waterford, MI. USA Registered: Jul 2007
posted 11-28-2009 06:08 AM
I am glad that the US Space & Rocket Center in Huntsville, Alabama has found, recovered, restored and has put it on display for all to enjoy! I had the privilege this past February to be present for the opening of the exhibit ceremony with Alan Bean and Richard Gordon present plus several other astronauts. The trailer is a unique item that is now on display in the Davidson Center beneath their Saturn V.
micropooz Member
Posts: 1512 From: Washington, DC, USA Registered: Apr 2003
posted 11-28-2009 09:16 AM
Whew! I'm glad that BMacKinnnon clarified that it was the trailer on display at USSRC and not the Hula dancer!
Delta7 Member
Posts: 1505 From: Bluffton IN USA Registered: Oct 2007
posted 11-28-2009 10:01 AM
Looks like the guys have their noses pressed against the window checking out the ... scenery!