posted 06-06-2018 06:55 PM               

'Apollo Redux' tour to use historic mission control consoles to inspire students

NASA is underwriting the return to use of some of its historic mission control consoles in an effort to inspire the next generation of engineers and scientists.

The space agency on Tuesday (June 5) announced it was awarding more than $650,000 to launch "Apollo Redux," a new set of traveling exhibits featuring the original hardware used to monitor the first missions to land on the moon. The Cosmosphere museum in Hutchinson, Kansas will restore and tour twelve of the historic consoles to select schools in Kansas and to museums and learning centers across the United States.