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THONOTOSASSA - Bruce Olds isn't
certain exactly how his interest in America's space program became an obsession, but he knows
when. It was sparked by a photo caption in "Chariots for Apollo," a book he read in 1999. Since then, the Tampa native has spent countless hours
creating detailed, full-size metal replicas of NASA space capsules that carried America's
first astronauts. . . whole article.
St.
Pete Times - MOSI
TAMPA -- In May 1961, Alan Shepard became the first American in space when he was launched about 115 miles in a small
capsule nicknamed Freedom 7. A full-scale reproduction of that capsule, part of the Mercury space program,
is on display at the Museum of Science and
Industry in Tampa. . . whole article.
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