April 2011 – The Johnsville Centrifuge and Science Museum, Inc.

IT’S HAPPENING! THE GONDOLA IS COMING HOME!!

By Mike|2011-04-29T17:54:13-04:00April 29th, 2011|

After spending the last 47 years safely stored at the National Air & Space Museum's Paul E. Garber Preservation, Restoration and Storage Facility in Suitland, Maryland, the original gondola of the Johnsville Centrifuge will be coming home to Warminster on May 5th, the 50th anniversary of Alan Shepard's historic flight. The gondola's return is being [...]

Program Announced for Museum Gala

By John Murawski|2011-04-13T20:16:09-04:00April 13th, 2011|

Johnsville Centrifuge and Science Museum announces that renown Astronomer Derrick Pitts will speak at their Second Annual Spring Gala. The program will also include a special Q&A session with Art Guntner, a retired Naval Corpsman and Aerospace Medicine Technician who helped train the Mercury astronauts at the Johnsville Centrifuge in the 1960s.