HUNTSVILLE, Ala. (AP) — The Apollo 16 spacecraft is dusty and home to a few cobwebs decades after it carried three astronauts to the moon.
But workers at a space museum are getting the capsule ready for events marking the 50th anniversary of its flight in 1972. A crew recently used microfiber towels, brushes and a special vacuum to clean the antique spacecraft, which is displayed at the U.S. Space and Rocket Center in Huntsville, Alabama. The COVID-19 pandemic meant a break in the normal cleaning routine.
Visitors were once able to touch the spacecraft, but it’s now encased in a glass case for protection.
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STOCKHOLM (AP) — American rocker Iggy Pop, known as "the godfather of punk", and Ensemble Intercontemporain, a contemporary music orchestra based in Paris, have won the 2022 Polar Music Prizes, a Swedish music award. The award panel said Tuesday that Iggy Pop, a singer and songwriter whose real name is James Newell Osterberg, has "created furious rock music by blending together blues and free jazz influences with the roar of […]
