The Voss Model - West Lafayette, IN
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adgorn
N 40° 25.304 W 086° 55.369
16T E 506547 N 4474569
A scale model of the solar system based on a Fibonacci Spiral. For every foot you walk around and around, you travel 5.4 million miles in space.
Waymark Code: WM19B8X
Location: Indiana, United States
Date Posted: 01/14/2024
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VOSS is dedicated to Janice Voss, a Purdue alumnus, and the inspiration she created through her work in astronomy. Becoming an astronaut in July 1991, Voss worked in Spacelab robotics, NASA research, and the Kepler spacecraft as Science Director. Logging more than 48 days in space, Voss flew on the STS-57, STS-83, and STS-99, which mapped over 47 million square miles of Earth’s land surface. Voss passed away in February of 2012 after battling cancer.
The artist is Jeff Laramore.
Located on Purdue University campus. On the west side of S. Martin Jischke Drive, between Terry Memorial House (the Purdue University Police Department building) and the Discovery Learning Research Center.
Address:
217 S. Martin Jischke Drive
West Lafayette, IN USA
To-Scale by distance: yes
To-Scale by Size: no
Is the model an Orrery?: no
Web Page: [Web Link]
Hours:
all day
Admission Fee: 0.00 (listed in local currency)
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