Field Trip

Today, Doug and I took Weston to the U.S. Space and Rocket Center in Huntsville.  We had discussed going for a while and since Doug can get us in for free, we decided why not?

We went into the smaller part of the museum first.  It is basically just a giant room that has a bunch of space artifacts and boards with factoids in it.  We saw modules from the Mercury era, Saturn era and the very abbreviated Ares era.  We also saw the actual command module the astronauts from Apollo 16 splashed down into the water in.

There is a much larger museum, but by the time we were heading that way, Weston was melting down, so we decided to go back another day to see the rest.

Here are some pictures from the trip taken before my camera died.

Mercury Command Module

Mercury Service Module

Lunar Rover Vehicle (it folds up to fit in the rocket...cool!)

Moon Rock

Apollo 16 Command Module