Astronaut's moon rock award moved from Disney's Epcot to museum

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The award, which contains a small moon rock, has moved from Florida to Missouri.

As established by NASA on the 35th anniversary of the first Apollo moon landing in 2004, thecelebrates the"realization of a vision" that began with a president's challenge to the nation in 1961 and resulted in the first humans walking on the lunar surface before the decade was out. Honorees include NASA's Mercury, Gemini and Apollo crew members, as well as President John F. Kennedy and veteran journalist Walter Cronkite.

The award itself displays a 2-gram moon rock embedded in a lucite cylinder positioned atop a base. In Grissom's case, the lunar sample is from, which landed Charles Duke and Grissom's Gemini 3 crewmate John Young in the moon's Descartes Highlands on April 21, 1972, 50 years ago this month. Grissom's widow, Betty, originally selected Disney's Epcot to display her late husband's award. In 2007, the theme park debuted the moon rock on display as part of its"National Treasures" exhibit inside The American Adventure, part of Epcot's World Showcase. The award was positioned next to a portrait of Grissom and near other space artifacts, including a flight vest worn by Native American astronaut John Herrington.

 

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