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Article: ONE MAN'S JUNK FROM SPACE IS ALSO HIS NEW MEXICO MUSEUM.(TRAVEL)
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- Albany Times Union (Albany, NY)
- Article date:
- March 19, 1995
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Byline: LISA THATCHER KRESL Dallas Morning News
No, you're not wrong. That is a model of the shuttle Challenger set for liftoff on the side of the highway in New Mexico. It's right next to the space mural/water tank and the shuttle-shaped pond, just down the road from the Star Wars Deli.
See the sign that says ``free,'' and you just have to stop.
The Space Murals Inc. museum and gift shop may not be in any guidebook, but it has been stopping traffic ever since 1991, when waterman Lou Gariano got the idea to dress up his steel tank on U.S. Highway 70, about 12 miles northeast of Las Cruces, N.M.
People saw the artist painting ...
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October 30, 1998 ;
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... ... On World News Tonight this Friday -- John Glenn. A full day now in space for the 77 ... And how's the mission going so far? JOHN GLENN: It has been a great ride so far. As ... around the globe and around and around. John Glenn's first full day in space, a busy ...
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