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Topic: USMA West Point Museum (NY): Space exhibit
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capcom9
Member Posts: 48
From: Wesley Hills, New York
Registered: Feb 2006
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posted 10-22-2006 05:47 PM
   
Visited West Point Military Academy last week, and was pleasantly surprised to see a NASA exhibit in the museum. I knew that Ed White is laid to rest in the cemetery there, but I also learned that Buzz Aldrin, Frank Borman and Mike Collins also were West Point men. The museum featured Frank Borman's flight jacket (white) worn on Apollo 8, as well as several nice paintings of Borman, White and Collins. The grounds are magnificent this time of year. Worth the trip if you're in the region. It's about an hour and a quarter from New York City.  
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FFrench
Member Posts: 3269
From: San Diego
Registered: Feb 2002
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posted 10-22-2006 06:18 PM
Interesting, thanks. No mention of Al Worden in the displays? |
capcom9
Member Posts: 48
From: Wesley Hills, New York
Registered: Feb 2006
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posted 10-22-2006 07:31 PM
No mention of Worden that I came across. |
astro-nut
Member Posts: 1025
From: Washington, IL
Registered: Jan 2006
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posted 10-23-2006 12:22 PM
Glad you enjoyed your trip/visit to West Point. I was at West Point in 1990 in the military. I was there with the elite 101st Airborne Division. I was there to teach cadets. I had an excellent time there. I was there for four weeks. I did manage to see Edward White's grave and took photos of it. His father is also buried next to him in the cemetery. We had to leave West Point, go back to Fort Campbell, Kentucky and then we went to Operation Desert Shield/Storm. I always will remember my time at West Point and I hope to make it back there again someday. |
mensax
Member Posts: 861
From: Virginia
Registered: Apr 2002
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posted 10-23-2006 04:12 PM
That is one very nice painting of Borman... any idea who did it? |
capcom9
Member Posts: 48
From: Wesley Hills, New York
Registered: Feb 2006
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posted 10-23-2006 04:36 PM
I couldn't make out the name on the painting. It's interesting that they had nothing by way of donated items from Buzz Aldrin, Mike Collins or the White family. I guess other places were chosen over West Point. |
Robert Pearlman
Editor Posts: 48079
From: Houston, TX
Registered: Nov 1999
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posted 06-05-2015 02:22 PM
collectSPACE NASA honors America's first spacewalker with moon rock awardNASA has bestowed a small moon rock to the late Edward White, who 50 years ago became the first American astronaut to walk in space. The presentation of the Ambassador of Exploration award, which featured the small lunar stone embedded in acrylic, was held Wednesday (June 3), a half century after White exited the Gemini 4 capsule for his historic extravehicular activity. The award went on immediate display at the U.S. Military Academy's West Point Museum in New York, the host of the ceremony. "It is fitting today, on the 50th anniversary of this historic achievement in space, that we honor Ed White," stated Lt. Gen. Robert Caslen, West Point superintendent, before he presented the Apollo moon rock-adorned award to White's daughter, Bonnie Baer. "His legacy serves as a reminder that when you set a goal and believe you can do it, you can accomplish anything — even step out and touch the stars."  |
p51
Member Posts: 1740
From: Olympia, WA
Registered: Sep 2011
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posted 06-05-2015 03:39 PM
Nice.I just hope that once the official U.S. Army Museum is built, there will be a similar display for Army astronauts. |
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