Liberty Bell 7 with Cosmosphere’s CEO Chris Orwoll

The President and CEO of the Cosmosphere and Space Center in Hutchinson, Kansas, Chris Orwoll, gives visitors a behind-the-scenes look at some treasures from Gus Grissom’s Liberty Bell 7 spacecraft.

The Cosmosphere was instrumental in the recovery and restoration of Liberty Bell 7 from the bottom of the Pacific; it is on display at the museum and is the only flown U.S. manned capsule NOT owned by the Smithsonian.