Air Force Museum marks 50th anniversary of Apollo 15 mission
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The National Museum of the U.S. Air Force’s latest exhibit celebrating the 50th anniversary of the Apollo 15 mission to the moon included a replica of the first of three lunar rovers astronauts drove on the moon’s surface. (Facebook)
(Tribune News Service) The National Museum of the U.S. Air Force is marking the 50th anniversary of the Apollo 15 mission to the moon with one of that mission s defining moments: a replica of the first of three lunar rovers astronauts drove on the moon s surface.
The replica of the rover, built by Ohio Northern University engineering students, is a 10-foot-long, one-to-one scale electric, drive-by-wire, four-wheel-steering car, said Greg Brown, experience coordinator for the Armstrong Air & Space Museum in Wapakoneta, who was at the museum Monday.
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