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Bush library features NASA space exhibit
Aggie astronaut Mike Fossum to visit presidential museum
By: christen beck
Issue date: 9/19/08 Section: News
The "Beyond the Moon: NASA's Continuing Mission" exhibit will be revealed at the George Bush Presidential Library and Museum Friday.
The Bush museum, in conjunction with the Lyndon Baines Johnson presidential library and Space Center Houston, will focus on U.S. stages of space exploration.
Students, faculty and staff will have the opportunity to meet Aggie astronaut Mike Fossum. He will be at the Bush Library and Museum from 3 p.m. to 5 p.m., Sept. 26 in the Rotunda.
To honor Lyndon Johnson, the Johnson library exhibit will highlight the president's dedication to the American space program.
The Johnson library will focus on the first stages of exploration from man's curiosity of space to the technology that led to man's first walk on the moon. Specifically, the museum will focus on the Sputnik missions through Apollo 12. The Bush museum picks up in the 1970s, featuring Apollo 13, the Skylab and the International Space Station. Space Center Houston will spotlight NASA's future plans for the space program.
Susanne Cox, the curator at Bush library, began preparations for the exhibit in the spring of 2007. A few years ago, the Bush library decided to plan an exhibit in honor of the 50th anniversary of NASA.
"Several people on staff were space enthusiasts and they brought the topic up," Cox said.
Soon after discussion on the subject commenced, the Bush library team discovered that the Johnson library had begun similar plans, Cox said. A partnership between the presidential libraries was born. Eventually Space Center Houston joined the project.
Brian Blake, Bush library's public relations specialist, became involved with the project in its early stages.
"It's a lot of fun," Blake said. "You find out a lot of interesting facts on topics you may not normally do research on."
The majority of artifacts in the space exhibit were borrowed from various parties.
A private collector loaned Bush library the Soviet space suit worn by American Astronaut Shannon Lucid while she was training on a Soviet spacecraft. Shannon trained with Soviet astronauts on a Russian spacecraft during the mid-1990s.
The Bush museum, in conjunction with the Lyndon Baines Johnson presidential library and Space Center Houston, will focus on U.S. stages of space exploration.
Students, faculty and staff will have the opportunity to meet Aggie astronaut Mike Fossum. He will be at the Bush Library and Museum from 3 p.m. to 5 p.m., Sept. 26 in the Rotunda.
To honor Lyndon Johnson, the Johnson library exhibit will highlight the president's dedication to the American space program.
The Johnson library will focus on the first stages of exploration from man's curiosity of space to the technology that led to man's first walk on the moon. Specifically, the museum will focus on the Sputnik missions through Apollo 12. The Bush museum picks up in the 1970s, featuring Apollo 13, the Skylab and the International Space Station. Space Center Houston will spotlight NASA's future plans for the space program.
Susanne Cox, the curator at Bush library, began preparations for the exhibit in the spring of 2007. A few years ago, the Bush library decided to plan an exhibit in honor of the 50th anniversary of NASA.
"Several people on staff were space enthusiasts and they brought the topic up," Cox said.
Soon after discussion on the subject commenced, the Bush library team discovered that the Johnson library had begun similar plans, Cox said. A partnership between the presidential libraries was born. Eventually Space Center Houston joined the project.
Brian Blake, Bush library's public relations specialist, became involved with the project in its early stages.
"It's a lot of fun," Blake said. "You find out a lot of interesting facts on topics you may not normally do research on."
The majority of artifacts in the space exhibit were borrowed from various parties.
A private collector loaned Bush library the Soviet space suit worn by American Astronaut Shannon Lucid while she was training on a Soviet spacecraft. Shannon trained with Soviet astronauts on a Russian spacecraft during the mid-1990s.
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