This past Monday, which was dreary and rainy, my mom and a friend and I went to the U.S. Space and Rocket Center here in Huntsville, Alabama. It had been a long time since I had been and it has grown quite a bit. It was a hike, but it was so interesting that it was worth it. I took a lot of photos and here are a few. For more info, you can click here.
I will go into space only if I can wear my earrings. LOL!
I don’t remember what this is, but I think it is a model of a space taxi-type of thing.
This is the Saturn V rocket, I think. It was massive and kind of scary to walk under it. But very nifty, too.
This is a mosaic made with tiles from a mosaic which is on a church here in Huntsville (First Baptist Church Huntsville). The original tiles started falling off the church. They were totally removed and replaced and the old tiles were used for various other artworks, including this one. It is beautiful in person. My photo does not do it justice.
Lego art!
If you can, and you are interested in space stuff, you ought to go. Miss Baker, one of the little monkeys who went into space, is buried right by the entrance. There are various rides, like the takeoff simulator, flight simulators, g-force thingy’s, etc. I think anyone would enjoy it. And, of course, as I was walking through it, I was thinking of all the art I would love to make…
I have learned to use the word ‘impossible’ with the greatest caution. — Wernher Von Braun
Virginia C. McCoy Fine Art 