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Topic: Glenn Visitor Center at Great Lakes Science
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MB
Member Posts: 69
From: Olmsted Falls, Ohio U.S.A.
Registered: Jul 2005
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posted June 23, 2010 12:05 AM
   
On Tuesday, the Skylab 3* command module arrived at the new NASA Glenn Visitor Center located at the Great Lakes Science Center in downtown Cleveland, Ohio. From The Plain Dealer:Tuesday, the capsule traveled 13 miles to become the centerpiece of NASA's Glenn Visitor Center at its new location in the Great Lakes Science Center.The center spent about $120,000 to move the Apollo command module used to fly three astronauts to and from Skylab, America's first space station. The trip lasted about 30 minutes but took more than a year to plan. The module is a historic artifact, so the Smithsonian Institution and NASA had to approve every step. An Akron company, Thomarios, which preserved a Saturn V rocket at the Kennedy Space Center, restored, then helped transport the 11-foot-high, 13-foot wide Apollo command module. Norris Brothers Co., of Cleveland, provided the rigging for the 12,800 pound module and its 1,200 pound stand. Workers tore down part of the walls in the Brookpark Road center and wrapped the module in a cotton cover, aluminum and shrink wrap before taking it out. The capsule spent Monday night in the NASA hangar at Cleveland Hopkins International Airport. In the morning, a truck carried the capsule along interstates, then down East Ninth Street to its new home along Lake Erie. Visitors can view the command module beginning Wednesday morning (June 23).*Skylab 3 is also referred to as Skylab II and SL-3. |
SpaceAholic
Member Posts: 2551
From: Sierra Vista, Arizona
Registered: Nov 1999
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posted June 23, 2010 12:35 AM
Neat... curious if that's an original North American transport dolly resourced from the National Air and Space Museum or something custom manufactured for the move. |
space4u
Member Posts: 269
From: Cleveland, OH USA
Registered: Aug 2006
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posted June 23, 2010 08:27 AM
 
Credit: Great Lakes Science Center
For more pictures check out the Twitter account for the Great Lakes Science Center, which shows the Skylab 3 Command Module in place at the museum. Congrats to our neighbors on Lake Erie. Marcy Frumker, space advisor for the International Women's Air & Space Museum |
jimsz
Member Posts: 493
From:
Registered: Aug 2006
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posted April 21, 2011 08:57 AM
Later in the spring I may be finding myself in Cleveland for a weekend. Is the NASA Glenn Research Center still open to the public (displays, tours, etc)? I have looked online and can't find any definitive information. If it is still open to the public is it worth the time and would it hold the interest a 9 year old boy? Editor's note: Threads merged.
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Constellation One
Member Posts: 33
From: Lorain, Ohio, USA
Registered: Aug 2008
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posted April 21, 2011 08:59 AM
NASA Glenn has established a relationship with the Great Lakes Science Center in downtown Cleveland.All public displays have been moved there. The museum is very suited for the younger audience. Within a short walk you can also find the USS Cod, and the International Womens Air & Space Museum. They have some nice displays and are free! |
GACspaceguy
Member Posts: 1011
From: Guyton, GA
Registered: Jan 2006
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posted April 21, 2011 03:25 PM
If you have not been to the Glenn Visitor Center at the Great Lakes Science Center, it is worth the trip if you are anywhere close. They have done the exhibits really well and we took a number of pictures so that we could study them later. We really were pressed for time and I basically wanted to see the Skylab 3 CM (SLM-2) relocation from NASA Glenn. They really have done a good job and they display more than they did at NASA Glenn area.  
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