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This command module boilerplate is displayed outside the Public Museum of Grand Rapids in Grand Rapids, Michigan. The Museum is also the home of the Roger B. Chaffee Planetarium, named after the Apollo 1 astronaut who was a native of Grand Rapids. |
Image by: Lisa Fessenden
Date: c. 2003 |
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Old Location
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Formerly on Lyon Street, moved ?
The plaque on the side reads:
The Grand Rapids Time Capsule 1976-2076
Dedicated to the people of Grand Rapids
December 31, 1976
This Apollo Command Module (No. SN BP-1227) contains memorabilia, collected by area high school students. This memorabilia reflects life in Grand Rapids, Michigan, at the time of the City's Sesquicentennial and the Nation's Bicentennial.
It was used in training for the recovery of astronauts returning from the moon. During an exercise off the coast of England, it was lost at sea, found by the USSR, and returned.
The module is on loan from the National Air and Space Museum to the people of Grand Rapids and is to be opened July 4, 2076 douring our country's Tricentennial.
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Image by: Robert McCullough
Date: July 26, 1997 |
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Historical Images
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This boilerplate was lost at sea to be recovered by a Soviet fishing trawler. On September 8, 1970, it was returned to the US via the US Coast Guard. Read the whole story on Encylcopedia Astronautica. |
Image by: Tamas Feher
Date: September 8, 1970 |
Image by: Nandor Schuminszky
Date: September 8, 1970 |
Image by: Mike Malone
Date: September 8, 1970 |
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Last update: Sunday, July 29, 2007
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A Field Guide to American Spacecraft
by Jim Gerard
www.americanspacecraft.com
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