Apollo Space Capsule - City of Grand Rapids, Michigan, USA. - Static Aircraft Displays on Waymarking.com

Apollo Space Capsule owned by the National Air & Space Museum and on loan to the city of Grand Rapids until 2076.

"The truth only emerged 32 years later - the Soviets recovered an Apollo space capsule in 1970...
In 2002 this web site broke the story that the Soviet Union had recovered an Apollo capsule in 1969 and returned it to the Americans a year later in the extraordinary Cold War visit to Murmansk by the American Coast Guard icebreaker Southwind. Recently Michael Stronski, a Southwind crew member, has provided additional extraordinary photographs of the event" Source: (visit link)

Type of Aircraft: (make/model): Apollo Space Capsule Tail Number: (S/N): Apollo - BP 1227 Construction:: original aircraft Location (park, airport, museum, etc.): Van Andel Museum Center - Grand Rapids. inside / outside: outside Access restrictions: Dawn to Dusk Other Information:: Not listed

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Photo of aircraft (required - will be interesting to see if the aircraft is ever repainted or progress if being restored)
Photo of serial number (required unless there is not one or it is a replica)
Photo(s) of any artwork on the aircraft (optional but interesting)

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