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:
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| A detailed model of the Space Shuttle deploying Hubble. |
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| An equally great model of the ISS. |
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| And... a moon rock! |
Here are some shots of the Rocket Garden display outside:
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!