Took a quick trip yesterday from @NASA_Johnson to visit with Senator @JerryMoran.

For those who have never been to the Cosmosphere in Kansas, this museum and education center is exceptional. To look at the Apollo 13 command module and Jim Lovell’s suit as the Artemis II crew surpassed the distance record was very impactful. I was standing next to Apollo Flight Director Gerry Griffin, and had it not been for his decision-making, and that of his NASA Mission Control team, the Odyssey command module and Jim Lovell’s suit might not have been in the museum to display.

The Cosmosphere has an incredible collection of space hardware, including the Liberty Bell 7 capsule, a full Apollo-Soyuz Test Project mockup, and a Voskhod 2 with the Volga inflatable airlock used by Alexei Leonov during the first spacewalk. You can see how challenging it was, which is one reason he had to partially deflate his suit to get back inside.

We also visited the manufacturers contributing to America’s space program and met the students--the future pilots, astronauts, and engineers who will continue American leadership in space.

Thanks again for the wonderful visit, Senator.