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Triton College
Cernan Earth and Space Center


USA , ILLINOIS , RIVER GROVE
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Triton College
Triton College
Triton College
Triton College
Triton College
Triton College
Triton College
Triton College
Triton College
Triton College
Triton College
Triton College


Type: School
Opened in 1974

Address: 2000 Fifth Avenue - River Grove, IL 60171
Country: USA
Email: 


Website: https://www.triton.edu/campus/cernan-center/About-Cernan/
     

Team
Linton Pitluga (1974)
Steve Bishop (1985)
Bart Benjamin (1986-2015)
Kris McCall (2015-)







100 seats









Tilt 25°

Dome of  13.4m




Technical
Optical system SPITZ : 512 A

Facilities
Other: Cernan Space suit

Operation
Frequenting: 60000 people per year

History
- 1972: start construction
- April 24, 1974: opening to the public
- May 23, 1974: inauguration original Cernan Earth and Space Center with Gene Cernan present, less than two years after Apollo 17
- 1982: original building closed due to major structural problems
- January 12, 1985: new Space Center building opened with slightly larger dome but same building m2, Spitz 512A ($1.1 million) 35mm
- April 2015: Konica-Minolta Super Mediaglobe II
- September 2015: carpet, seats (35mm dismantled)
- Summer 2019: new computer + Digistar 6, sound system
- 2025: projectors JVC 4010


Comments
Eugene Cernan: last man on the moon, 1934-2017


Latitude: 41°55'03" N  -  Longitude: 87°50'31" W  -  Altitude: 192m
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