суббота, 3 марта 2012 г.

Gemini 12 capsule docks at Adler: Will be centerpiece of new moon exhibit

Astronaut James Lovell made famous the phrase "Houston, we have aproblem." That was during the near-disastrous Apollo 13 mission,celebrated in a best-selling book and hit film.

On Monday? No problem, Chicago.

Another space ship commanded by Lovell -- the Gemini 12 capsule --was carefully lifted by crane from the back of a truck and gingerlyslid through the doors of the Adler Planetarium.

"If it had been a windy day, we would have been in trouble," saidAdler president Paul Knappenberger.

On a beautiful spring morning, the craft that roared into theheavens some 40 years ago landed safely in a new and, Adler officialshope, long-term home. …

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