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Machine generated contents note: Introduction: Space Sites and Stories -- Becoming a Space Age Adventurer -- How To Use This Book -- Must See Trips -- -- Chapter 1: The First Rockets -- Chapter 2: Birth of the Space Rocket -- Chapter 3: The V 2 -- -- Sites: Washington D.C. & Virginia -- 1. Smithsonian National Air & Space Museum - Washington D.C. -- 2. Smithsonian Stephen F. Udvar Hazy Center - Chantilly, Virginia -- 3. NASA Goddard Visitor Center - Greenbelt, Maryland -- 4. NASA Wallops Flight Facility Visitor Center - Wallops Island, Virginia -- 5. Virginia Air & Space Science Center - Hampton, Virginia -- Chapter 4: The Cold War -- Chapter 5: Conquering Space -- Chapter 6: The Satellites -- -- Sites: New York City & the Northeast -- 6. Intrepid Sea, Air & Space Museum - New York City -- 7. American Museum of Natural History - New York City -- 8. Cradle of Aviation Museum - Garden City, New York -- 9. McAuliffe Shepherd Discovery Center - Concord, New Hampshire -- 10. Moonshot Museum - Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania -- 11. Carnegie Science Museum - Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania -- Chapter 7: The Space Race -- Chapter 8: Mercury vs. Vostok -- Chapter 9: In the Thick of It -- -- Sites: Cape Canaveral, Florida -- 12. Kennedy Space Center Visitor Complex - Merritt Island, Florida -- 13. Sands Space History Center - Cape Canaveral, Florida -- 14. American Space Museum - Titusville, Florida -- Chapter 10: The Rise of Apollo -- Chapter 11: Adventures and Lessons -- Chapter 12: A Focus on the Moon -- -- Sites: The South & Gulf Coast -- 15. Museum of Life and Science - Durham, North Carolina -- 16. Tellus Science Museum - Cartersville, Georgia -- 17. U.S. Space and Rocket Center - Huntsville, Alabama -- 18. National Naval Aviation Museum - Pensacola, Florida -- 19. Infinity Science Center & NASA Stennis Visitor Center - Pearlington, Mississippi -- 20. Space Center Houston - Houston, Texas -- 21. Frontiers of Flight Museum - Dallas, Texas -- 22. SpaceX Starbase Launch Viewing - South Padre Island, Texas -- Chapter 13: Bold Steps and Tragic Setbacks -- Chapter 14: Closing In -- Chapter 15: Around the Moon -- -- Sites: The Midwest -- 23. Great Lakes Science Center & NASA Glenn Visitor Center - Cleveland, Ohio -- 24. International Women's Air & Space Museum - Cleveland, Ohio -- 25. National Museum of the U.S. Air Force - Dayton, Ohio -- 26. Armstrong Air & Space Museum - Wapakoneta, Ohio -- 27. Grissom Memorial at Spring Mill State Park - Mitchell, Indiana -- 28. Air Zoo Aerospace & Science Experience - Kalamazoo, Michigan -- 29. Museum of Science + Industry - Chicago, Illinois -- 30. Adler Planetarium - Chicago, Illinois -- 31. St. Louis Science Center - St. Louis, Missouri -- Chapter 16: 1969 -- Chapter 17: They Came from Outer Space -- Chapter 18: The Landings Continue -- -- Sites: Great Plains -- 32. Stafford Air & Space Museum - Weatherford, Oklahoma -- 33. Science Museum Oklahoma - Oklahoma City, Oklahoma -- 34. Cosmosphere Space Museum - Hutchison, Kansas -- 35. Strategic Air Command & Aerospace Museum - Ashland, Nebraska -- 36. South Dakota Air & Space Museum - Box Elder, South Dakota -- Chapter 19: End of the Space Race -- Chapter 20: Aiming for the Stars -- Chapter 21: The Soviets Regroup -- -- Sites: The Southwest -- 37. New Mexico Museum of Space History - Alamogordo, New Mexico -- 38. White Sands Missile Range Museum & Missile Park - White Sands, New Mexico -- 39. Spaceport America - Truth or Consequences, New Mexico -- 40. Roswell Museum and International UFO Museum & Research Center - Roswell, New Mexico -- 41. Very Large Array - Socorro, New Mexico -- 42. New Mexico Museum of Natural History and Science - Albuquerque, New Mexico -- 43. National Museum of Nuclear Science and History - Albuquerque, New Mexico -- 44. Space Foundation Discovery Center - Colorado Springs, Colorado -- 45. Wings over the Rockies Air &Space Museum - Denver, Colorado -- 46. Space & Sci Fi Sites - Southern Utah -- 47. Meteor Crater - Winslow, Arizona -- 48. Lowell Observatory - Flagstaff, Arizona -- 49. Astronaut Training Sites - Northern, Arizona -- 50. Pima Air & Space Museum - Tucson, Arizona -- 51. Titan Missile Museum - Green Valley, Arizona -- 52. National Atomic Testing Museum & Nevada National Security Site - Las Vegas, Nevada -- 53. Extraterrestrial Highway - Highway 375, Nevada -- Chapter 22: Adventures in Orbit -- Chapter 23: Destination Deep Space -- Chapter 24: Billionaire Space Race -- -- Sites: West Coast -- 54. San Diego Air & Space Museum - San Diego, California -- 55. California Science Center - Los Angeles, California -- 56. Griffith Observatory - Los Angeles, California -- 57. More Space Sites - Southern California (8) -- 58. Science Fiction Film Sites - California -- 59. Chabot Space & Science Center - Oakland, California -- 60. USS Hornet Sea, Air, & Space Museum - Alameda, California -- 61. Aerospace Museum of California - Sacramento, California -- 62. Evergreen Aviation & Space Museum - McMinnville, Oregon -- 63. Museum of Flight - Seattle, Washington -- Appendix: Resources: Books, Magazines, Websites, TV Shows, & Films -- -- Bibliography. |
