posted 02-12-2018 08:03 PM               

Our Apollo-Soyuz capsule is getting a new glass case! Yesterday [Jan. 25] we took off the old plex case.

We've started building the new case! (This is the ceiling frame.) [Jan. 30]

With the ceiling frame lifted, you can see a mirror we installed to peek inside Apollo's docking port. [Feb. 8]

[ASTP] got hauled over to its new home! We'll build the rest of the case around it. [Feb. 8]

posted 02-12-2018 08:04 PM               

We lowered the ceiling frame to its final position. Next week: install glass walls (with help from a suction cup robot!) [Feb. 10]

Getting ready to install the first glass wall! [Feb. 12]

We still need to make final adjustments to the mirror angle, but already you can see down the docking portal! [Feb. 12]

5 of 12 installed...and that's it for today folks. Stay tuned for more tomorrow! [Feb. 12]

posted 02-14-2018 12:32 PM               

10th and 11th glass panes are in! [Feb. 14]

Testing out some new graphics. [Feb. 14]

posted 02-14-2018 05:38 PM               

12th and final glass (the case door) going in! [Feb. 14]

We angled the mirror down so you can see inside the docking port that US and Soviet astronauts crawled through. [Feb. 14]

posted 02-22-2018 05:15 PM               

Historic Apollo-Soyuz spacecraft gets new display at California Science Center

NASA's last Apollo command module to launch into space has shed its skin to provide a better look at the first United States spacecraft to fly a joint mission with Russia.

The American space capsule that made up one half of the historic 1975 Apollo-Soyuz Test Project (ASTP) has traded its Plexiglas cover for a new glass display case at the California Science Center in Los Angeles. The six-sided enclosure not only affords the public a clearer view of the three-seat spacecraft, but also meets new conservation requirements set by the Smithsonian, which owns the artifact.