Most Oklahomans Have Never Heard Of This Fascinating Space Museum
By Ashley|Published November 15, 2018
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Ashley has lived in Oklahoma for 30 years and is the Oklahoma staff writer for onlyinyourstate.com. When she isn't writing about Oklahoma, she enjoys visiting the beach and exploring new areas.
Calling all space lovers! There’s a fascinating space museum in Oklahoma that’s home to many artifacts from different space missions. Take a visit to this cool place and see space suits, rockets, a space shuttle, and much more.
Stafford Air & Space Museum is located at 3000 Logan Road in Weatherford and was named a Smithsonian Affiliate in 2010.
Stafford was selected by NASA in 1962 and flew four historic space missions: Gemini 6, Gemini 9, Apollo X, and Apollo-Soyuz; three of them as mission Commander.
To see a full list of exhibits at the Stafford Air & Space Museum, visit their website here.
Another cool museum to visit is the Science Museum Oklahoma. It’s amazing museum that’s chock-full of hands-on exhibits.It got a huge renovation in 2016, and if you haven’t visited since then, you’re in for a real treat. You’ll find the museum at 2020 Remington Pl., Oklahoma City, OK 73111. Click here to read all about it.
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