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Buzz Aldrin's training coveralls, Paul Weitz's EVA suit and right is Jack Lousma's Skylab coveralls. A nice display of John Glenn material including his STS-95 jumpsuit and his early Project Mercury training jacket. They have a good video telling his life's story. A view of one of the many space simulators there. They have two shuttle landing simulators, two lunar module/Altair lunar landing simulators, and two jet simulators. This is a view of my son Adam trying his first shuttle landing. I had actually built and donated the space shuttle/pad 39A model that you see to left to NASA Glenn and it made it down to the new visitor center! A view of the landing bag system for the Mars Pathfinder rover. This system was drop tested at the NASA Glenn Space Power Facility to ensure that the system would survive rolling over rocks at various landing angles. They have a couple of the rocks that they used on display, and if you look closely at the landing bags, you can see where some of them have small abrasions/tears. A full scale model of Friendship 7 that you can go into. Once you're inside, you can try various switches and such. Also, you can watch a portion of the original NASA film about Friendship 7's launch. Everytime you hear John Glenn's heartbeat in the film, you can feel the heartbeat sensation in the cockpit seat!! A view of Robonaut one, who was used during some of the Desert Rats training sessions. A view of the NASA Glenn combustion experiment lab trainer, similar to the one flying on the ISS. A view of the Ohio Astronaut display where you can learn about each astronaut who was either born or lived in Ohio. A view of the exhibit where you can drive the model of the Curiousity rover.
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