The Apollo 16 spacecraft is dusty and home to a few cobwebs decades after it carried three astronauts to the moon.
HUNTSVILLE, Ala. — The Apollo 16 spacecraft is dusty and home to a few cobwebs decades after carrying three astronauts to the moon.
But workers at a space museum are getting the capsule ready for events marking the 50th anniversary of its flight in 1972. A crew recently used microfiber towels, brushes, and a special vacuum to clean the antique spacecraft, displayed at the U.S. Space and Rocket Center in Huntsville, Alabama. The spacecraft is on loan from the Smithsonian Institution and has been displayed in Huntsville since the 1970s, the Associated Press reported.The news outlet reported that crews cleaning the 6.5-ton, nearly 11-foot-tall capsule also removed dozens of items that people had stuck through cases' cracks.
Visitors were once able to touch the spacecraft, but it's now encased in a glass case for protection.The news outlet reported that one member of the 3-man crew from the April 16, 1972 flight, Charlie Duke, will attend the 50th-anniversary celebration, which will happen this spring.
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