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Astronaut Exhibit at Austin Straubel Airport
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A traveling display about the NASA manned space program on exhibit at Austin Straubel Airport. Included in the exhibit is a model of a space capsule and a Mercury space suit.
1965
Green Bay Press Gazette
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WHi 11461
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Austin Straubel Airport
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Austin Straubel Airport
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