Apollo at 50 at the Cradle of Aviation Museum

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OTD: May 9, 1969 #Grumman getting ready for #apollo10 launch on May 18th, 1969. Apollo 10 was the fourth crewed mission Apollo program, and the second to orbit the Moon a "dress rehearsal" for the first Moon landing, testing all the components and procedures just short of actually landing. Crew members included Astronauts, Thomas Stafford, Eugene Cernan, and John Young. Tom Stafford was our special guest at our Nov 2019 Gala. #apollo #grumman #lunarmodule #lunarmodulepilot #apolloprogram

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Space.com came to visit the museum in early March. Check out this great video interview from Chelsea Gohd with Curator Joshua Stoff

OTD: On April 27, 1972, #apollo16 crew John Young, Charles Duke, and Ken Mattingly. Apollo 16 was the second expedition to bring a Lunar Roving Vehicle (LRV) along. The astronauts spent more than 20 hours exploring the surface of the Moon, driving 16.6 miles in their LRV, gathering 210 pounds of samples, and setting up a package of instruments and experiments. #museumfromhome #apolloprogram #lunarrover #spacehistory #nasa #otd Image may contain: sky Image may contain: one or more people, ocean, outdoor and water

We are just one hour away from our live Sky Watching Class with #EduatorTom. Learn how to read the night sky in this Free class live on our Cradle of Aviation Museum page. Join us for a real treat!

Remembering #Apollo16. Last year at our 50th Anniversary Dinner, Charlie Duke (Lunar Module Pilot) who had made multiple visits to Grumman in Bethpage for many years as an astronaut remarked, I was really and always impressed with esprit de corp, the work ethic of all the Grumman employees. We really got along together well. Grumman did a really really great job. Gave me the ride of my life, especially the ascent stage. If you listen to that transcript, What a ride, what a ride. And that took us back into orbit again. We had a tremendous spacecraft and it’s all do the hard work of these workers And the support we got. #grumman #lunarmodule #spacehistory #charlieduke #lm #lem #whataride #spacelflight #spaceexploration #gratitude #apolloprogram #apollo #museumfromhome

OTD: We're bringing the museum to you. Looking back at the #apollo16 mission & the artifact we have in our Mission to the Moon case. One artifact that went to the moon and came back. #apollomission #lunarmodule #spacehipster

Join us Live this Thursday, April 23rd for a Live Lesson on Sky Watching with the Cradle's own #EducatorTom. Try it. It's Fun. What's up? The Basics of Sky Watching. Learn all about the basics of sky watching: using one set of stars to find another, learning the difference between a star and planet in the sky, and enjoying some stories of the stars. #EducatorTom will guide you through this week’s sky with humor and confidence (in that order) as he introduces kids and grown-ups alike to the lighter side of the night sky.

This week remembering Apollo 16, the fifth mission to land men on the moon and return them to Earth. It was also the second flight of the Lunar Roving Vehicle. Apollo 16 landed in a highlands area, a region not yet explored on the Moon. #museumfromhome #apollo16 #spaceexplorationvehicle #spacenerdsforlife #lunarrover #lunarvehichle

Live from San Diego Air & Space Museum with Apollo 13 Crew and Mission Control. Celebrating Triumph over tragedy. After stay tuned for a watch party with Cradle Curator Josh Stoff at 7pm

Staring now from NASA TV LIVE Apollo 13 50th Anniversary Documentary: Houston, We’ve Got a Problem https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=21X5lGlDOfg And join us at 5pm as we watch a live chat from San Diego Air & Space with Apollo 13 Crew and Mission Control Directors followed at 7pm with a Watch Party with the Cradle's Curator, Josh Stoff.