Aug 10, 2020
I smell tang!
On today's episode of the Only in OK Show, we
discuss Stafford Air & Space Museum in Weatherford, OK.
The Stafford Air & Space Museum is named after Lt. General
Thomas P. Stafford. General Stafford is a veteran of four
space flights, recipient of the Congressional Space Medal of Honor,
and commander of Gemini IX & Apollo 10.
The center has an incredible assortment of space related items
on display including actual Titan II rocket launch vehicles, a
Gemini flight suit, space food, survival items flown to the moon on
Apollo 11 and the actual flight pressure suit General Stafford wore
on Apollo 10.
The museum has an actual swatch and piece of the propeller of
the original Wright Flyer taken to the moon by Neil
Armstrong.
Other displays at the Stafford Air & Space Museum in
Weatherford include flown aircraft, including a Russian MiG21R,
A10, F104, F16. Full-size replicas displayed include the Wright
Flyer, Spirit of St. Louis, Apollo Command Module, and Gemini
spacecraft. The museum also features an Educational Center, flight
simulation computer lab and more.
https://staffordmuseum.org/
https://www.facebook.com/staffordairandspacemuseum
https://twitter.com/staffordmuseum
Phone: 580.772.5871
Weatherford, Oklahoma is a vibrant, small city located in
Southwestern Oklahoma, just off of Interstate 40, and an hour west
of Oklahoma City. Weatherford was named one of the top-ten fastest
growing small cities in the United States.
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