Freedom 7 - Mercury Mission - MOSI - Tampa, Florida, USA. - Space Flight Memorials and Exhibits on Waymarking.com

The Freedom 7 exhibit has been on display in the (MOSI) Museum of Science & Industry, since July 2002. The exhibit is currently on display at the entrance of the Saunders Planetarium.

"Though Shepard's suborbital flight lasted just over 15 minutes, it marked the beginning of the United States' quest to put a man on the moon (and to try to best the Russian space program, which had put a man into space first).

A full-scale reproduction of that capsule, part of the Mercury space program, is on display at the Museum of Science and Industry in Tampa.

Viewers may be surprised at how small the capsule was: 9-feet, 7-inches high and a little more than 6 feet in diameter." Text Source: (visit link)

Hours: MOSI Operating Hours: 9 a.m. - 5 p.m. Monday - Friday 9 a.m. - 6 p.m. Saturday & Sunday Open 365 days a year Fee (if no fee, enter 'none'): Admission Fee: Adult - $21.95 - See web site for full price list. http://www.mosi.org/tickets.aspx Amount of time an average person would spend here: Entire day Accessible?: yes Location is wheelchair accessible?: Yes How Long a Hike: Not listed

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