Stafford Air Space Museum
The stafford air space museum is named in honor of lt.
Stafford air space museum. Graduating from the us naval academy general stafford is a recipient of the congressional space medal of honor. The museum features exhibits about aviation space exploration and rocketry and a collection of over 20 historic aircraft. They have a real full size f1.
Stafford became a smithsonian affiliate in june 2010. Though stafford never actually walked on the moon his museum was still considered important enough to merit its own moon rock brought back on apollo 17. The stafford air space museum is named in honor of weatherford native and legendary test pilot and astronaut lt.
The stafford air and space museum in weatherford will celebrate oklahoma astronaut and aerospace legend gen. Stafford s 90th birthday sept. The museum will offer free admission.
The stafford air space museum is named in honor of famed test pilot and astronaut lt. In addition to offering free admission during the day on stafford s sept. Stafford was born in 1930 and raised in weatherford ok.
I was completely blown away they have a full size titan rocket shell and the gemini capsule that general stafford rode into space. Stafford a native of weatherford. The museum exhibits a full size indoor titan ii rocket used to launch gemini space capsules and mark vi nuclear warheads which the museum also has.
Road trip to the moon map. The museum named for nasa astronaut and weatherford native thomas p. The museum is considered as one of the finest and most comprehensive air and space museums in the central united states and encompasses over an acre of exhibits under one roof.