I had the distinct pleasure of spending Monday and Tuesday at the Kansas Cosmosphere, where I attended the first public viewing of the newly recovered Apollo F-1 rocket engines on Monday night. See http://www.collectspace.com/news/news-052113a.html.

Yesterday, I was given a tour of the Cosmosphere -- which is awesome if you are interested in space exploration -- and then a special look into the archives, where I was given an opportunity to examine and handle Gus Grissom's Randall Astro from Liberty Bell 7 and some of the other artifacts recovered from the space capsule. This was a rare treat.

Here are some photos that the Cosmosphere graciously allowed me to take and post here. Enjoy!


















Here is a Camillus pocket knife that was also recovered from the Mercury capsule: