An affiliate of the National
Air & Space Museum, the independently owned and operated Kansas
Cosmosphere and Space Center features the largest collection of Russian
space artifacts outside of Moscow as well as an extensive display of
historic relics from the U.S. space program, including the famed Apollo 13
capsule. After its tour is completed, the rescued and restored Liberty
Bell 7 Mercury capsule also will become part of the museum's collection.
Kansas
Cosmosphere and Space Center
Gene
Cernan's cuff checklist with hand written final words he spoke on the
lunar surface 1972
Apollo
13 Command Module, Odyssey
Apollo
13 Odyssey interior
Apollo
CM docking tunnel hatch
Early
version Lunar Module crew compartment, note the circular front hatch
One of the three 'White Rooms' from the Apollo Launch Umbilical Tower. Exact records weren't kept as to which missions used which white
room
Astronauts
stepped through here to take their place in the CM, note famous pad leader
Gunther Wendt's autograph top centre.
Apollo
white room in place at the end of swing arm #9 up against Apollo CM (NASA)
