Ahead of the 50th anniversary of the moon landing, NASA restores the Apollo 11 mission control center to its former glory. Apollo50th
Ahead of the 50th anniversary of the moon landing on July 20, NASA has restored the Apollo 11 mission control center to its former glory.
Mission control housed the engineers and flight directors who worked tirelessly to ensure Apollo 11's mission was a success. It took $5 million and a meticulous eye to bring it back to life 50 years later at NASA's Johnson Space Center in Houston. The actual products engineers used in 1969 were tracked down by contractors on eBay and in antique stores: coffee, creamer, cigarettes, ash trays, pipes and even an RC Cola Can were placed in specific locations based on old photographs and film. The consoles were rebuilt entirely, and certain items were made special for the room that no longer exist today like the carpet and chair fabrics.
When asked if the control center looked the same as he remembered, Kranz replied,"The people that lived here and worked here, the room talks to them, and you can remember the calls that the CAPCOM made."
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