Uncle Sugar was kind enough to send me TDY to Orlando, and Ellen joined me on the trip. We made a side trip to Kennedy Space Center and took the bus tour. Space shuttle Atlantis was on the pad being readied for the final launch of the program.

This is the closest tour stop to Launch Complex 34A…

NASA has a wonderful museum, the Saturn V Center, near the Banana River launch viewing site. The Apollo 14 Command Module, nicknamed Kitty Hawk, is on display there. It still amazes me to see something that’s been to the Moon and back.