HUTCHINSON, Kan. — The two most recognizable artifacts standing in front of the Kansas Cosmosphere are getting 
some care.
Work is under way in painting both the Titan-2 rocket and the Mercury Redstone. The work is part of some ongoing maintenance which included a renovation of the Carey Dome Theater, and repainting the museum’s awning and roof. The two rockets played a significant history in the US space program. The Redstone is known for taking Alan Shepard into space, getting America into the space race with the Soviet Union. The Redstone in front of the Cosmosphere is on loan from the national Museum of the Air Force. The Titan was part of the Gemini program that provided the US with some of its most successful space endeavors prior to the Apollo moon program. The Titan in front of the museum belongs to the Cosmosphere and was actually a nuclear missile before its silo was dismantled and the rocket was brought to the Comosphere from Florida.
The cost of the renovation is about $30,000.