This cache placement is part of the Garland History GeoTour. Should you wish to download the GeoTour passport to earn our beautiful GeoCoin, you can find the GeoTour page here. The log will contain a secret word which you must enter on your passport in the appropriate slot
Be sure to log your "Will Attend" for the kickoff party of Garland GeoTour 2.0!
More than fifty years ago, the ears and eyes of Americans and citizens throughout the world were finely tuned to their radio and television sets as they occupied ringside seats in one of man’s greatest adventures: the Apollo 11 moon landing. As the three-man crew of American Astronauts approached the moon and prepared for the first lunar walk by Neil Armstrong and Buzz Aldrin, thousands of people in the Garland area had a particularly keen interest in the spectacle. They were the scientists, engineers, productionworkers and other employees of the large numbers of Garland-area industries who contributed to the historic Apollo 11 mission.
Micropac Industries, Inc. is a diversified, high technology company in Garland, Texas, specializing in high-reliability Microcircuit Multi-Chip Modules and Assemblies, Hall Effect Devices, and Optoelectronic Components & Assemblies. Micropac develops and manufactures complete custom designs and provides standard products to meet specific customer applications and requirements. Micropac products are used throughout the world, and Solar System, in a wide variety of Military/Aerospace, Space, Medical, and Industrial applications. For 55 years, Micropac has concentrated on Harsh Environment, Mission Critical Applications.
Micropac Industries is one of the companies whose expertise and products have contributed in countless ways to the continued exploration of space. The Viking Lander used a custom power hybrid made in Garland by Micropac. They have also supplied such devices as Multi-Chip Modules, Solid State Relays, Solid State Power Controllers, Optocouplers, and star trackers, retro rocket firing mechanisms, camera systems, Hall Effect Devices and more.
They've recently built this amazing new facility and we wanted to hightlight it with a geocache on our GeoTour (if you're not doing the GeoTour, check it out at Garland GeoTour) so everyone will know that Garland has been to space!
Garland is home to more rocket scientists than you probably would have guessed. And one well-known astronaut will be with you when you find the cache and sign the log!