All photos by Alan Wilkinson unless otherwise labeled |
On a recent business trip to Florida, Alan Wilkinson, UK-based Design Development Manager at Electrosonic, took the opportunity to exercise his considerable photography skills and captured these beautiful images at the Apollo/Saturn V Center at NASA Kennedy Space Center, which first opened in 1996.
From the BRC Imagination Arts website, here’s a description of how the project came about:
“The Saturn V rocket was rusting outdoors, deteriorating through neglect before BRC suggested making it the focus of this attraction by bringing it indoors and preserving it for generations to follow. To reveal the full value of NASA’s Apollo Space Program, BRC conceptualized, designed and produced a 100,000-square-foot center that features two dramatic “you-are-there” theatrical presentations. Guests relive the dramatic launch of Apollo 8—the first manned mission to orbit the Moon—and the triumphant touchdown of Apollo 11 followed by Neil Armstrong’s first steps on the lunar surface.
“This remarkable project was built without any US taxpayer funds, returned an operating profit in all of its first ten years of operation, and paid back its capital costs years ahead of schedule.”
Alan Wilkinson at TiLEzone London. Photo: Malcolm Lewis |