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Topic: Scott Carpenter's Aurora 7 moves and exhibits
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ColinBurgess Member Posts: 2031 From: Sydney, Australia Registered: Sep 2003
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posted 08-29-2014 02:27 AM
I am trying with limited success to track the movements of Scott Carpenter's Aurora 7 spacecraft. I know that it was displayed at the New York World's Fair 1964/65, and in October 1967 the spacecraft went to the Smithsonian's Air and Space Museum. In 1978 it was sent under loan from the Smithsonian to the newly-constructed Hong Kong Science Museum in Kowloon until at least 1983. It now resides at the Chicago Museum of Science and Industry. I would like to get some more precise details on the spacecraft's movements if anyone has kept track of these and wouldn't mind passing them on to me, or even posting them on this forum. |
ColinBurgess Member Posts: 2031 From: Sydney, Australia Registered: Sep 2003
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posted 08-31-2014 05:59 PM
Can anyone assist with information on the post-flight movements of "Aurora 7"? I do have some basic details but need more information for inclusion in the book about the flight of Scott Carpenter. |
Robert Pearlman Editor Posts: 42988 From: Houston, TX Registered: Nov 1999
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posted 08-31-2014 06:03 PM
According to the Smithsonian, Aurora 7 was at NASA's Langley Research Center in Virginia prior to joining the National Collection in October 1967. |
MB Member Posts: 155 From: Olmsted Falls, Ohio U.S.A. Registered: Jul 2005
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posted 08-31-2014 08:01 PM
Aurora 7 was the main "Man in Orbit" exhibit at the Space Science Fair in Cleveland, Ohio from November 23 - December 2, 1962. |
ColinBurgess Member Posts: 2031 From: Sydney, Australia Registered: Sep 2003
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posted 08-31-2014 08:35 PM
Many thanks, MB, that's exactly the missing sort of information I am seeking in order to assemble a chronology of the spacecraft's movements. |