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Apollo to the Moon

July 1, 1976 - Permanent

Museum: Air and Space Museum

Location: Gallery 210, 2nd Floor, East Wing

This gallery traces NASA's manned space program beginning with Project Mercury's Freedom 7 (5/5/61); then the Gemini Project (1965-66); followed by the Apollo Program (1967-1972), with Apollo 17 as the last manned exploration of the moon.

Highlights include:

• Space flight time line, with photos of participating astronauts
• Items and equipment used by astronauts during the Apollo Project
• Space suits worn by Apollo astronauts on the moon
• Information about the moon and selected lunar scenes showing Lunar Rover and astronauts at work
• Saturn Booster -- S-1C rocket propulsion system
• Lunar Samples: 4 types of lunar soils and rocks
• Apollo 16 telescope backup; the original, designed by George Carruthers, is on the moon

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