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'I want us to be known as the STEM place': Moffett Field Museum is on a mission to modernize

Original post made on Apr 15, 2023

Starting April 12, the museum began displaying new artifacts on loan from NASA Ames, most notably a moon rock retrieved from the Apollo 15 Mission in 1971.

Read the full story here Web Link posted Saturday, April 15, 2023, 9:06 AM

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Posted by Silver Linings
a resident of Another Palo Alto neighborhood
on Apr 15, 2023 at 11:06 am

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Nice. Even before this it was a cool little museum packed with all kinds of stuff I’d never seen including Bay Area relevant.

This is a well-kept secret—take the kids to hit golf balls on the NASA driving range (stop by the clubhouse to buy some NASA logo golf balls and fries), visit the Moffett Museum and the Space Bar for hamburgers (have they started making the burgers again? they closed during the pandemic—so good and best veggie burgers because of the add ons), don’t forget the visitors center and gift shop.


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