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Shuttle Discovery Delivered to Smithsonian

By John Murawski|2012-04-17T16:55:18-04:00April 17th, 2012|

Earlier today, you may have seen the news coverage of the transfer of Space Shuttle Discovery to Washington DC on the back of a 747 jetliner. The event of the delivery of a Space Shuttle to the Smithsonian Institution brought thousands of onlookers out to the National Mall to witness Shuttle Discovery at it was [...]

THE MERCURY 7 GONDOLA IS HOME!

By John Murawski|2011-07-10T16:20:55-04:00July 10th, 2011|

May 5, 2011 was a historic day for Bucks County as the original gondola of the Johnsville Centrifuge that was used for training America’s early space heroes returned to Warminster. It had spent the last 47 years at the Paul E. Garber Preservation, Restoration and Storage Facility of the Smithsonian Institution’s National Air [...]