| Jackson, Michigan is located in South Central Michigan | | | | dome is an Apollo spacecraft, a moon rock, displays |
| midway between Battle Creek and Ann Arbor on the | | | | of life in the space exploration vehicles, and the |
| I-94 corridor. | | | | space shuttles. |
| It holds many surprises. Jackson is the home of the | | | | There are many activities for both children and |
| first formal meeting of the Republican Party, which | | | | adults, such as Full-Motion Flight Simulators, 3-D Space |
| nominated Abraham Lincoln for the Presidency in | | | | Shuttle Ride, 4-D Missions Theater, Montgolfier |
| 1860. Found out later, in Lansing, that the only | | | | Balloon Race, Flying Circus Bi-plane Ride, Space Walk, |
| remaining wreath from Lincoln's funeral cortege is | | | | Zero Gravity Experience, Magic Planet, Space Ball, and |
| hanging in the Historical Museum in Lansing. The | | | | the Mission to Mars. Several of the Astronauts have |
| Republican Party in Jackson had given the wreath. | | | | roots in the Jackson area. |
| Just outside of Jackson is the Michigan Space and | | | | Jackson also was one of the many stations for the |
| Science Center. When you think of space museums, | | | | Underground Railroad during the mid nineteenth |
| you generally think of Houston, TX, or the | | | | century. Many churches and stately mansions still |
| Smithsonian in Washington DC. There are other space | | | | exist from that era. One of them, the Ella Sharp |
| museums throughout the country: Henderson, KS, | | | | Home has been turned into an historical museum, |
| Alamagordo, NM, and even Chicago, IL in the Museum | | | | showing farmstead life in the nineteenth century. |
| of Science and Industry. Within a large Geodesic | | | | |