Stafford Air Space Museum

Though stafford never actually walked on the moon his museum was still considered important enough to merit its own moon rock brought back on apollo 17.
Stafford air space museum. The museum is considered as one of the finest and most comprehensive air and space museums in the central united states and encompasses over an acre of exhibits under one roof. For those not in the know. The stafford air space museum is named in honor of famed test pilot and astronaut lt. 17 birthday the stafford air space museum located in his hometown of weatherford a special member s only event that evening.
The museum is named after tom stafford who has logged over 500 hours of space time and was the commander for apollo 10 amongst other space journeys. Stafford was born in 1930 and raised in weatherford ok. The museum will offer free admission. The stafford air space museum is named in honor of weatherford native and legendary test pilot and astronaut lt.
Stafford became a smithsonian affiliate in june 2010. In addition to offering free admission during the day on stafford s sept. Graduating from the us naval academy general stafford is a recipient of the congressional space medal of honor. He also happens to hail from the town of weatherford hence the space museum in middle o nowhere oklahoma and western oklahoma at that.
His mother came to oklahoma in a covered wagon and lived to see her only child fly to the moon. The thomas stanford air and space museum in weatherford ok is worth a trip to the state just for the experience. The stafford air and space museum in weatherford will celebrate oklahoma astronaut and aerospace legend gen. The stafford air space museum is named in honor of lt.
Stafford s 90th birthday sept. They have a real full size f1. The stafford air space museum is located in weatherford oklahoma united states. Stafford a native of weatherford.
Road trip to the moon map. The museum exhibits a full size indoor titan ii rocket used to launch gemini space capsules and mark vi nuclear warheads which the museum also has.