Goddard Space Center - Finally Made It !!

This past week, Mrs. BlastFromThePast and I spent another week visiting family in Maryland. This was my third jaunt to the state within a five-year period. The previous two times I was there, I had planned to pay a visit to Goddard Space Center, but various circumstances prevented that from coming to fruition.

Third time was a charm.

Finally there ...!

Here are some pics.

The first are some highlights of the indoor section of the museum:

A detailed model of the Space Shuttle deploying Hubble.

An equally great model of the ISS.

And... a moon rock!

Here are some shots of the Rocket Garden display outside:

Thor Delta

Black Brant VIII

Nike- Tomahawk

Argo D-4  Javelin.

Apollo Command Module.

Somebody really needs to do a little paint touch up on these birds!

A quick visit to the gift shop revealed a fair amount of Estes product.  We ended up buying some small air-powered foam rockets for our 5-year-old grand-kiddo.

While at the visitors center, I chatted briefly with one of the museum's employees who, as it turned out, was a member of NARHAMS! Of course, the conversation turned abruptly to the subject of model rocketry.

Anyway, I can now mark off GSP as 'done' on my 'Rocket Nerd Bucket List'.

Cheers!