California Travel Tips
Columbia Memorial Space Center in Downey
Published on: April 11, 2014
Columbia Memorial Space Center is both a tribute to Space Shuttle Columbia’s seven crew members, lost in 2003, and Downey’s 70 years of aviation technology and manufacturing history. Missile development, design & production of Apollo command and service modules during the lunar program, and development & production of the Space Shuttle Orbiters all happened here. The public is invited to visit this special museum.
See & do at Columbia Memorial Space Center:
- CHALLENGER LEARNING CENTER: Return to the Moon, Voyage to Mars or Rendezvous With Comet Halley in this space mission simulator.
- ROBOTICS LAB: Test your skills by running a mission to collect rock samples, just like the actual Mars rovers.
- APOLLO BOILERPLATE 12: Unmanned transonic abort test vehicle.
- SHUTTLE SIMULATOR
- ROCKET LAUNCHER
- ROCKWELL SIGNATURE BLOCKS: 14 concrete blocks signed by astronauts
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