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Lunar Museum of Fresnedillas. Access road, original sign, 26 meter XY Antenna. By Larry Haug Fresnedillas de la Oliva , with a population that does not reach 2,000 inhabitants and 50 km from the center of Madrid, safeguards many stories and several unique pieces that belonged to the best-known astronauts. Fresnedillas has always been a beautiful town with a lot of natural environment and exceptional views of the southern slope of the Guadarrama mountain range. But perhaps the reason why the municipality began to be known globally were the stations and antennas that helped in Manned Space Flights .
In the 1950s and during the space race, John F. Kennedy, who was president of the United States, announced before Congress and the Senate: “I believe that this nation must take on the goal of having a man go to the Moon and return safely to Earth before the end of the decade.” Fresnedillas was then one of the places from which he helped monitor and communicate with the astronauts who were on the missions. As a curiosity, the other Cell Phone Number List antennas were in Goldstone (California) and Honeysuckle (Australia). Creation of the museum and its “new location” Lunar Museum. Access sign in 1972 Lunar Museum. Access sign in 1972. By Lfrojo It was decided that Fresnedillas would have a museum after the good reception that the events commemorating the 40th anniversary of Apollo XI had. In 2009, the town installed an exhibition that remembered the space feat in which it had so much to do and from where the information from Apollo was received, which was then retransmitted to Houston.
Presiding over the event was the then regional president, Esperanza Aguirre, who visited the exhibition and was fascinated by everything that was experienced 40 years ago; as well as Philip Liebrecht, representative of NASA. The first Lunar Museum in Spain was that of Fresnedillas and, although it moved to another larger center in 2019, it already had many interesting objects from the beginning. The first museum displayed costumes, original material used in the Tracking Station and photographs as well as a small activity area. 10 years later, the same museum decided to open its doors in the same town but changing facilities in order to accommodate a greater number of people. It also changed its name to Lunar Museum – Center for Space and Science.
In the 1950s and during the space race, John F. Kennedy, who was president of the United States, announced before Congress and the Senate: “I believe that this nation must take on the goal of having a man go to the Moon and return safely to Earth before the end of the decade.” Fresnedillas was then one of the places from which he helped monitor and communicate with the astronauts who were on the missions. As a curiosity, the other Cell Phone Number List antennas were in Goldstone (California) and Honeysuckle (Australia). Creation of the museum and its “new location” Lunar Museum. Access sign in 1972 Lunar Museum. Access sign in 1972. By Lfrojo It was decided that Fresnedillas would have a museum after the good reception that the events commemorating the 40th anniversary of Apollo XI had. In 2009, the town installed an exhibition that remembered the space feat in which it had so much to do and from where the information from Apollo was received, which was then retransmitted to Houston.
Presiding over the event was the then regional president, Esperanza Aguirre, who visited the exhibition and was fascinated by everything that was experienced 40 years ago; as well as Philip Liebrecht, representative of NASA. The first Lunar Museum in Spain was that of Fresnedillas and, although it moved to another larger center in 2019, it already had many interesting objects from the beginning. The first museum displayed costumes, original material used in the Tracking Station and photographs as well as a small activity area. 10 years later, the same museum decided to open its doors in the same town but changing facilities in order to accommodate a greater number of people. It also changed its name to Lunar Museum – Center for Space and Science.