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Museo Lunar – Centro del Espacio y la Ciencia

Museo Lunar – Centro del Espacio y la Ciencia is the municipal space museum of Fresnedillas de la Oliva, whose former NASA tracking station supported Apollo missions and maintained a critical link during the first crewed Moon landing. Its current purpose-built exhibition centre presents original equipment and objects donated by station workers and aerospace institutions, spacecraft and planetary displays, augmented-reality interpretation, family science activities, and school STEAM programmes.

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Name
Museo Lunar – Centro del Espacio y la Ciencia
Region
EU
Type
museum

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Description
Museo Lunar – Centro del Espacio y la Ciencia is the municipal space museum of Fresnedillas de la Oliva, whose former NASA tracking station supported Apollo missions and maintained a critical link during the first crewed Moon landing. Its current purpose-built exhibition centre presents original equipment and objects donated by station workers and aerospace institutions, spacecraft and planetary displays, augmented-reality interpretation, family science activities, and school STEAM programmes.
Latitude
40.4853644
Location
Longitude
-4.1700487
Operational Status
operational
Ownership
public

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Creation Time
July 29, 2026 at 09:48:58 UTC
Updated Time
July 29, 2026 at 09:48:58 UTC