22 February 2012

a little more NASA fun

Here are a few more miniatures and replicas provided by NASA and the Smithsonian for the John Glenn 50th Anniversary celebrations.  You can see why a few of these are in cases, who wouldn't want to take this home?

 A lunar rover tire - how cool is that?!































































This rover was extremely impressive in person.  It was definitely a favorite among all of the items.
Um, yea, don't ask me how they brought this one in.  We were actually there while they were loading in some of the stuff, but this was already put together and set up when we arrived.





























A close up of the tires.


 One more shot from the gala dinner, which ultimately raised $3M for scholarships.

 M.E.

6 comments:

TexWisGirl said...

the l.e.m. is too cool!

Laura said...

that diner is beautiful. And thanks for sharing your pictures - I've enjoyed both posts of them.

Linda said...

Thanks for recording something in photographs that most of us would not have seen! Lovely dinner setup too - the color was interesting!

Unknown said...

That looks amazing!

Britney Pedraza said...

The gala dinner pic is gorgeous. I'm so glad I found your blog.

Buck said...

Oh how I wish I could have been there! Thanks for sharing these wonderful photos :-)