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A prized item on display is a Moon rock from Apollo 11, the first crewed mission to land on the Moon. Every artifact on display at the Cosmosphere is either an actual flown artifact, a "flight-ready backup" (identical to the item actually flown), an engineering model, or a historically accurate replica.
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Moon rocks on Earth come from four sources: those collected by six United States Apollo program crewed lunar landings from 1969 to 1972; those collected by three Soviet uncrewed Luna probes in the 1970s; those collected by the Chinese Lunar Exploration Program's uncrewed probes; and rocks that were ejected naturally from the lunar surface before falling to Earth as lunar meteorites.
A copy of the Soviet pennant sent on the Luna 2 probe to the Moon, at the Kansas Cosmosphere. The spacecraft also carried Soviet pennants which were located on the probe and on the Luna 2 rocket. [28] The two sphere-shaped pennants in the probe had surfaces covered by 72 pentagonal elements in a pattern similar to that later used by association ...
Stargazers will soon enjoy a once-in-a-Blue-Moon experience when they get to see a super Blue Moon. The moon will appear full for three days, from Sunday morning through early Wednesday morning ...
The Leslie Cantwell collection is a collection of large-format images of space and space exploration, signed and inscribed by astronauts from the Apollo Space programme.It was assembled by British collector Leslie Cantwell, who became interested in the history of space exploration in the late 1990s.
The Kansas Astronomical Observers will hold a meeting from 5 to 7 p.m. Feb. 17 at the Lake Afton Public Observatory, and visitors are welcome to attend.. More full moons in 2024. If you miss ...
The recovered parts were brought to the Kansas Cosmosphere and Space Center in Hutchinson for the process of conservation. [30] [29] In August 2014, it was revealed that parts of two different F-1 engines were recovered, one from Apollo 11 and one from another Apollo flight, while a photograph of a cleaned-up engine was released.