Apollo Space Capsule - City of Grand Rapids, Michigan. - Space Flight Memorials and Exhibits on Waymarking.com

Apollo Space Capsule owned by the National Air & Space Museum and on loan to the city of Grand Rapids until 2076.

"The truth only emerged 32 years later - the Soviets recovered an Apollo space capsule in 1970...
In 2002 this web site broke the story that the Soviet Union had recovered an Apollo capsule in 1969 and returned it to the Americans a year later in the extraordinary Cold War visit to Murmansk by the American Coast Guard icebreaker Southwind. Recently Michael Stronski, a Southwind crew member, has provided additional extraordinary photographs of the event" Source: (visit link)

Hours: Dawn To Dusk. Fee (if no fee, enter 'none'): None Amount of time an average person would spend here: Less than an hour Accessible?: yes Location is wheelchair accessible?: Yes How Long a Hike: Not listed

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