Apollo boilerplate to be centrepiece of Powerhouse Parramatta's opening exhibition | ABC NEWS

A critical piece of the "defining technological achievement" of the 20th century will be at the centre of Powerhouse Parramatta's opening exhibition.

Weighing 4.5 tonnes, boilerplate #1224 was a test command module used for the Apollo space program that landed the first humans on the Moon in 1969.

The boilerplate was subjected to 102 ignition tests to make sure the spacecraft was safe for the astronauts to travel in after the fatal Apollo 1 fire that threatened to derail the entire Moon mission.

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