M'mom and Papa lived in Houston during the time of the Apollo 11 space mission when U.S. astronauts first landed on the moon. Papa was in the U.S. Air Force and was stationed at Ellington Air Field where the astronauts were flown after landing from the moon. President Nixon flew into town to meet the astronauts and Papa got a pen from Air Force One when he landed.
In fact, I was born in Houston on about a year and half after the Apollo 11 mission.
We had a good time visiting the center. We played on the "Martian Matrix" which was a very cool playscape with lots of levels, slides, and cool air powered ball tubes and guns that shot foam balls everywhere.
We looked at the Bones exhibits, the different space suits of the mission eras, saw the Saturn V rocket that was scheduled for Apollo 18 and looked
at the hisoric "Mission Control" center that communicated with the astronauts for the Apollo missions. It was a really fun day.
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