Starting this Sunday, July 20th, Patriots Point Naval & Maritime Museum visitors can experience what it was like on board the Apollo 8 capsule. The Apollo 8 mission, which began on December 21, 1968, was the first to take humans in the vicinity of the moon.
“The Apollo 8 mission was a tremendous step for the Apollo program, and really demonstrates America’s greatness,” said Patriots Point Executive Director Mac Burdette. “These men were first to orbit the moon. They paved the way for the Apollo 11’s landing seven months later. We want this exhibit to be a tribute to their dedication and success. It is also another step in bringing our museum to life.”
During the exhibit, visitors experience a fully immersive recreation of the takeoff, moon orbit, and landing of the Apollo 8 capsule.
Actual audio recorded by the crew during the space flight is played throughout the exhibit. While inside the exhibit capsule, visitors are seated as the astronauts were and see images taken by the original crew.
The U.S.S. Yorktown was the vessel that recovered the waiting crew after the capsule landed in the Pacific Ocean.
Sunday’s opening also remembers the daring contributions by the crew of the later Apollo 11 flight, as July 20 is the 45th anniversary of that space mission.
The new exhibit is included in the general admission ticket and is located in the U.S.S. Yorktown’s Hanger 1.
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