This year marks the golden anniversary of the Armstrong Air and Space Museum in Wapakoneta.
) in Wapakoneta. But for aerospace buffs, any time is a good time to visit the small but gripping museum.A large, moon-like 56-foot dome rises from the center of the building and contains the museum’s Astro Theater, where visitors can see a short documentary featuring the Apollo 11 mission.
But the museum also focuses on other aspects of the American space program and features a large display celebrating all of the many astronauts from Ohio. Among the exhibits are the restored Aeronca Champion airplane in which Armstrong learned to fly, a moon rock brought back by Apollo astronauts and a lunar lander simulator and a Space Shuttle simulator, neither of which I have ever brought to a successful touchdown - may you have better luck.
(Ohio is also home to two other mission-flown, U.S.-manned space vehicles: the Apollo 15 capsule at the National Museum of the U.S. Air Force,
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