Space unit used by Apollo 14 Commander Alan Shepard.

Lunar Sample 15058.187.023. Apollo 15 mission: July 26-August 7, 1971.

Apollo 8 Crew.

Actural Apollo 8 Firing Room (mission control). Notice the countdown clock is only minutes away from the actual 7:51:00 Eastern Standard Time launch time.

Replica of the solid rocket boosters at the entrance to the Space Shuttle Atlantis exhibit.

We were thankful with the presence of former astronaut, Ken Cameron, during our "Fly with an Astronaut" tour. It was apropos because Ken had flown two of the Space Shuttle Atlantis' 33 flights: STS-37 (pilot) and STS-74 (Commander). Mission STS-37 was the thirty-ninth NASA Space Shuttle mission (Atlantis' eighth flight), while STS-74 was the fourth mission of the US/RUSSIAN Shuttle-MIR Program and the second time the Space Shuttle docked with the MIR. The MIR was a low Earth orbit Russian space station. Ken also was the Commander of the STS-56 Space Shuttle Discovery mission, lifting off from Launch Pad 39B on April 8, 1993.

An exact replica of the Hubble telescope.

As you exit the Space Shutter Experience you are treated to a wonderful exhibit honoring all of the Space Shuttle Missions and crews.

Additionally, you are rewarding with a space-eye view of Earth.

An astronaut's view of the Space Shuttle Tunnel Adapter Truss Assembly (TATA). Used on 21 specific missions with external airlocks, the assembly provided a contingency to give astronauts access to the payload bay in event they needed to close the doors manually.

This is a view from Cocoa Beach of SpaceX's launch of a Falcon 9 rocket at 7:38 EDT from Space Launch Complex (SLC)-40 at Cape Canaveral Space Force Station with two SES television broadcast satellites aboard. While this is also my first attempt at capturing a launch, I see room for photographic improvement. Having said that, I feel my wife and I were simply very lucky to be in town to witness the spectacular event. The long spreading exhaust plume is generated from the kerosene-fed engines.