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TOP PHOTO: Apollo Lunar Landing site exhibit built by members of the O.S.S.E. at the California Museum
of Science and Industry in 1982. Constructed inside a 60'ft X 40'ft portion of the Aerospace bldg. @ CMSI, the Moonscape project
took over 2 months and 3 1/2 tons of portland cement, fuller's earth and plaster of paris. When completed for the annual SPACEWEEK
celebration which commemorates the anniversary of the First Lunar Landing, July 16 thru 21st, O.S.S.E. assembled their full
size Lunar Module and spacesuit mockups to reenact a live simulation of the Apollo 11 Moonwalk. Crew Members left to right
upper photo: Bob Burns, Roberta Brubaker, Jim Busby, Andy Monsen, Carol Whiting, Debbie Delheim, John Whiting, Larry Turoski,
Richard Barnett, Pete Katinas, and friend Marguarite. CENTER PHOTO: additional crew member in center, Rita Radcliff.
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TOP PHOTO: O.S.S.E. Crew Members at the Rockwell Int'l/Boeing Space Systems Division Downey assembly plant.
Home of the Apollo Command/Service Modules and Space Shuttle. O.S.S.E. participated in SSD's Monthly Family Nite Open House
activities. Serving as congenial hosts, guides, explainers, lecturers and presenters, O.S.S.E. members would welcome guests
to a space lecture/film presentation as well as a tour of the many full size space vehicle mockups ranging from the Space
Shuttle to an Apollo Command Module that had circled the Moon on the Apollo 14 mission. Crew Members from left to right: Larry
Shimokaji, JayCee Cruz, Frank Cruz, Roberta Brubaker,Andy Monsen, Russy Uyehara, Richard Barnett. CENTER PHOTO: O.S.S.E. built
Lunar Roving Vehicle on display with Crew in front of SSD's "Golden Trough" cafeteria during lunch time SPACEDAY activities
July 16th 1993. Additional crew members present: John Whiting & Lauren "Bats" Pomerantz. LOWER PHOTO: O.S.S.E. Crew with
LRV on display at graduation activities on behalf of Rockwell/Boeing at Warren High School.
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TOP PHOTO: O.S.S.E Lunar Roving Vehicle on display as part of the Rockwell/Boeing Palmdale Space Shuttle Assy plant Open House
activities. Actual NASA astronaut guests visit and mingle with the flight suited O.S.S.E members at the LRV exhibit. CENTER
PHOTO: O.S.S.E. Crew takes advantage of the stage and podium to voice a few comments on the state of the space program. LOWER
PHOTO: O.S.S.E. Crew tours Space Shuttle Atlantis undergoing escape hatch modifications and refurbishment. Left to Right:
Frank Cruz, Roberta Brubaker, Lauren Pomerantz, Larry Shimokaji and Cynthia Rhodes.
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TOP PHOTO: O.S.S.E. Crew Members Jim Busby, Jay Cee Cruz & Frank Cruz man the NASA FACTS Info booth as part of Rockwell Federal
Credit Union's Shuttle Club Kick-off activities. CENTER PHOTO: At the conclusion of O.S.S.E.'s activities at the monthly Rockwell/Boeing
Family Nite, O.S.S.E. members gather at the nearby SHAKEY'S PIZZA Munching Pad. LOWER PHOTO: Jondar Bradshaw, Director of
the Columbus Ohio Science Center's MISSION TO MARS Traveling exhibit is inducted into the O.S.S.E. as an honorary member during
an awards ceremony.
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TOP PHOTO: O.S.S.E. Deputy Director, Jim Busby manages to secure autographs of Astronauts Wally Schirra
and Gordon Cooper at the Hawthorne Air Faire Banquet. Held at the Proud Bird Restaurant near LAX, O.S.S.E. provided space
exhibits and models to decorate the lobby areas at the event which honored the achievements of the early space pioneers. O.S.S.E.
director Andy Monsen and staff photograher Richard Barnett look on. CENTER PHOTO: Rockwell Int'l invites members of the O.S.S.E.
to attend the rollout of the last of the Shuttle Orbiters, Endeavour. LOWER PHOTO: July 20th 1999, O.S.S.E.'s Lunar Roving
Vehicle Exhibit on display at the Boeing Seal Beach facility as part of their Apollo 11 30th anniversary of the first lunar
landing. Crew members Left to Right: Frank Cruz, Andy Monsen, Jay Cee Cruz (In pressure suit) Grace Cook, Jim Busby, Larry
Shimokaji, Roberta Brubaker.
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O.S.S.E. Lunar Rover Exhibit at various events. TOP PHOTO: LRV on display at the World Science Fiction Convention in Anaheim
CA. CENTER PHOTO: LRV rolls up to the drive-up teller window at Rockwell Int'l's Federal Credit Union in Anaheim CA. LOWER
PHOTO: O.S.S.E. crew gather around Rover for a group photo while on display inside Northrup/Grumman Aerospace's Corporate
Aircraft Hangar as part of the Hawthorne Air Faire flight line festivities. Crew manning the exhibits: Jay Cee Cruz, Andy
Monsen, Grace Cook, Roberta Brubaker, Jim Busby, Frank Cruz, Larry Shimokaji.
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