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WHNT-TV, Huntsville, AL: Fire Destroys Building at U.S. Space and Rocket Center
by Catonic at 2:13 am EDT, May 8, 2007 |
I just watched this on repeat; one of the items lost in the fire was an Apollo Command Module. =( |
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RE: WHNT-TV, Huntsville, AL: Fire Destroys Building at U.S. Space and Rocket Center
by logickal at 11:40 am EDT, May 8, 2007 |
Catonic wrote:
I just watched this on repeat; one of the items lost in the fire was an Apollo Command Module. =(
Fortunately, it was just a drop-test boilerplate that was lost (not sure, but possibly either BP-23 or BP-27, both models recently in the posession of the Marshall Space Flight Center). The Apollo 16 CM is safe. The other artifact lost was more interesting, the Instrumentation Unit from the actual Saturn V stack they have had on display in the rocket park for decades. This IU has been a fixture of the museum for years... More Info from the Huntsville Times... |
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RE: WHNT-TV, Huntsville, AL: Fire Destroys Building at U.S. Space and Rocket Center
by ubernoir at 7:31 am EDT, May 9, 2007 |
Catonic wrote:
I just watched this on repeat; one of the items lost in the fire was an Apollo Command Module. =(
Fortunately, it was just a drop-test boilerplate that was lost (not sure, but possibly either BP-23 or BP-27, both models recently in the posession of the Marshall Space Flight Center). The Apollo 16 CM is safe. The other artifact lost was more interesting, the Instrumentation Unit from the actual Saturn V stack they have had on display in the rocket park for decades. This IU has been a fixture of the museum for years... More Info from the Huntsville Times... |
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