Saturday, June 29, 2019

Going back in time at NASA's Johnson Space Center

https://www.khou.com/video/news/local/mission-control-renovated-to-look-like-moon-landing-era/285-04c409e2-48bb-49cb-be80-cfa67456bb50?jwsource=cl

I always like nerding out at NASA.  In this case, it was to cover the unveiling of a major restoration project at Johnson Space Center in Houston.  The historic Apollo Mission Control Center was refurbished to look as it did during the first moon landing in 1969.  The years-long project was completed in time for the 50th anniversary.  This is the room where the Apollo missions were managed.  But it fell into disrepair following its closure in the 1990s.  Most of the money spent on painstaking renovation came from donations. 

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