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Apollo.  For centuries the name brought to mind the Greek God of the Sun, but for Americans during the 1960s, Apollo meant the race to the moon.  From 1963 to 1972, NASA created a transportation system that could take Americans to the surface of the moon and bring them safely back to Earth.  The name of this system was Project Apollo.

The goal was to beat the Soviet Union -- leaders in the "space race" till that point -- to the moon.  To that end eleven Apollo missions were flown, with six of them landing on the moon.  From 1969 to 1972, twelve Americans stood on the moon's surface, gazing back at our tiny blue marble, floating in the inky blackness of space: Earth.

This national effort cannot be underestimated.  The Apollo program absorbed the imagination, scientific output, and efforts of an entire generation of Americans.  The Saturn V rocket that carried three astronauts and all their equipment into orbit was the largest operational launch vehicle ever produced.  Standing over 363 feet tall, it produced 7.5 million pounds of thrust at lift-off, and produced the second-loudest sound ever heard on Earth.  (The loudest being made by the hydrogen bomb tests.)

And it was the swinging '60s!  The Beatles were on the radio, and it was the era of hippies and silly TV shows like 'Bewitched' and 'The Munsters'.  The post-war Baby Boom was in full swing, times were good, and it seemed that America could do just about anything...

Our 400 square foot Apollo Suite echoes those "can-do-anything" 1960s, with decor to match.  Most of the artwork was obtained during our 2004 visit to the Kennedy Space Center in Florida, but several remarkable items of memorabilia have been donated by Jim Weir, a young engineer during the Apollo program.

It's not all '60s, though!  Your suite sports 21st century amenities like a separate King-sized bedroom, a Jacuzzi hot tub, microwave, refrigerator, 10-cup coffee maker, hide-a-bed couch, bagel toaster, plus our delivered to your suite continental breakfast each morning!

From just $99.95 per night...

Click here to see a schematic diagram of this suite's layout.

(This suite is not yet available for on-line booking -- call 888-925-3947 to reserve the Apollo Suite!)

The Apollo Suite plaque on your front door...	The Apollo living room is functional and cool...	An Apollo-sized king bed awaits...	Unique Apollo memorbilia is everywhere...
Even in the bathroom (that's a Tom Hank's autographed Apollo13 photograph)	Bedroom art...	The couch pulls out into a twin bed...	Earthrise covers the living room wall...
Your 2-person Jacuzzi awaits...	That's a real Lunar Module flight control instrument mounted in the wall, donated by Jim Weir...	And there's a young Jim Weir, working on the Apollo program...	A copy of the plaque left on the moon by Neil Armstron and Buzz Aldrin...