Note: May 2024
Central Park Place is undergoing a multi-year renovation. The Library will remain open throughout, with a new entrance off the west parking lot. If you are interested in the work being done see the link below:
https://www.woodburymn.gov/996/Central-Park-Renovation-Project
THIS CACHE IS LOCATED AT WASHINGTON COUNTY LIBRARY, R.H. STAFFORD BRANCH
To open the FINAL, turn the container upside down.
There is an inner bag that can be removed and taken to a table to review the contents and sign the log.
In 2022 We Will Return To The Moon.
More than 50 years ago, NASA sent the first humans to the Moon under the Apollo program. Now, NASA is preparing to send the first woman and first person of color to the lunar surface as part of the Artemis program.
NASA's Artemis Program is named based on the Greek myth of Artemis and Apollo. Artemis is the twin sister of Apollo, just as the Artemis Program will be a modern twin of the famous Apollo Program that first brought humankind to the moon.
The Next Giant Leap
It has been 50 years since astronauts last walked on the lunar surface during the Apollo program. Now America has entered a new era of exploration. NASA’s Artemis program will lead humanity forward to the Moon and prepare us for the next giant leap, the exploration of Mars.
Artemis I - 2022
The Artemis I SLS rocket will launch an uncrewed Orion into Earth orbit, placing it on a path toward a lunar distant retrograde orbit, where it will travel 40,000 miles beyond the Moon, or a total of about 280,000 miles from Earth before returning home.
Artemis II - 2024
With Artemis II, the first crewed flight of SLS and Orion will send four astronauts to the lunar environment for the first time in more than 50 years. This will be the Artemis Generation’s “Apollo 8 moment,” when the astronauts aboard Orion will capture the full globe of the Earth from afar, as a backdrop to the Moon.
Artemis III - 2025
Artemis III will be the culmination of the rigorous testing and more than two million miles accumulated in space on NASA’s deep space transportation systems during Artemis I and II. Orion and its crew of four will once again travel to the Moon—this time to make history with the first woman and next man to walk on its surface.
Thanks to Margaret at the WCL R.H. Stafford Branch for her assistance.
A special thanks to NASA for naming the moon missions after us.