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  • Jupiter Ballistic Missile

    Front: Jupiter Ballistic Missile, Redstone Arsenal
    Back: JUPITER BALLISTIC MISSILE, REDSTONE ARSENAL, HUNTSVILLE, ALABAMA
    The largest weapon, for which the Army has development responsibility, the Jupiter has pin-point accuracy against targets at ranges up to 1,500 nautical miles. The missile is 58 feet in length, and 105 inches in diameter.
  • Centaur II undergoes pre-launch tests

    Back: Centaur II, our first space vehicle to use liquid hydrogen as a propellent, undergoes pre-launch tests.
    The NASA Marshall Space Flight Center at Huntsville, Alabama, has been developing and providing rockets for our space achievements since the very beginning of our entry into this field.
  • Mercury Redstone

    Front: Mercury Redstone
    Back: National Aeronautics and Space Administration's "Mercury-Redstone" being readied for launch at the Cape Kennedy launch site. The rocket was provided by the NASA George C. Marshall Space Flight Center, Huntsville, Alabama.
  • Sergeant Guided Missile

    Front: Sergeant Guided Missile, Redstone Arsenal.
    Back: SERGEANT GUIDED MISSILE, REDSTONE ARSENAL, HUNTSVILLE, ALABAMA.
    Measuring about 30 feet in length, the Army's Sergeant is a surface-to-surface, solid propellant, ballistic guided missile possessing a very high degree of reliability and accuracy. Also highly mobile, it can be quickly emplaced and fired by a very small crew, under all conditions of weather and terrain, delivering a nuclear blow far behind enomy lines. Its highly accurate guidance system is invulnerable to any known means of enemy counter-measures.
  • Gemini - Titan I Lifting Off Launching Pad

    Back: Gemini-Titan 1 lifting off launching pad on its maiden voyage, testing spacecraft and vehicle. The Gemini is the first of NASA's two-man spacecrafts. The NASA Marshall Space Flight Center at Huntsville, Alabama, has been developing and providing rockets for our space achievements since the very beginning of our entry into this field.
  • The Pershing Missile

    Front: The Pershing Missile, Redstone Arsenal
    Back: THE PERSHING MISSILE, REDSTONE ARSENAL, HUNTSVILLE, ALABAMA
    This Pershing surface to surface missile can deliver an atomic warhead deep into enemy territory. The Army missile is a solid propellant ballistic missile under development by the Army Ballistic Missile Agency to replace the old reliable Redstone. The missile is named for General of the Armies John J. Pershing, World War I hero.
  • U.S. Army Redstone Guided Missile

    Front: U. S. Army 'Redstone' Guided Missile
    Back: U. S. Army 'Redstone' Guided Missile
    Huntsville, Alabama, Home of Army Ballistics Missile Agency. Named after Redstone Arsenal, the Redstone is the Army's largest surface-to-surface guided missile. Capable of carrying a nuclear warhead, this weapon has proven to be very accurate at supersonic speeds. This photo is actual color made by U. S. Army.
  • Saturn I Space Vehicle

    Back: A Saturn I space vehicle, developed by the National Aeronautics and Space Administration's Marshall Space Flight Center. Huntsville, Ala., is launched from Cape Kennedy, Fla. The Saturn I weighs more than a million pounds at liftoff, and generates a maximum of 32,000,000 horsepower. It is a fore-runner of the Saturn V moon rocket being developed by MSFC. Huntsville.
  • Alabama Space and Rocket Center

    Back: ALABAMA SPACE AND ROCKET CENTER, Earth's Largest Space Exhibit. Tranquility Base, Huntsville. Alabama 35807.
    This moon rock sample is displayed at Earth's largest space exhibit. It was collected on the moon by Apollo II astronauts. It is believed to be over 3 billion years old, and weighs 4.9 ounces.
  • Redstone Missile

    Front: Redstone
    Back: Redstone Missile. Developed at Huntsville, Alabama's Redstone Arsenal, the Redstone is shown here being readied for launching at Cape Canaveral.
  • First Flight Configuration of the Saturn C-1

    Back: The first flight configuration of the giant Saturn C-1 rocket is seen at the George C. Marshall Space Flight Center, N.A.S.A. Huntsville, Ala. The C-1 will be capable of placing about 10 tons into low earth orbit.
  • Enterprise Being Unloaded from 747 Carrier

    Back: Enterprise being unloaded from 747 Carrier.
  • Enterprise Passing Marshall Space Flight Center Headquarters

    Back: Enterprise passing Marshall Space Flight Center Headquarters.
  • Enterprise's Home for 1978

    Back: Enterprise's home for 1978.
  • Space Shuttle Enterprise Lands at Redstone Arsenal Airfield March 13

    Back: Space Shuttle Enterprise lands at Redstone Arsenal Airfield March 13, 1978.
  • Preparations for Unloading Enterprise from 747 Carrier.

    Back: Preparations for unloading Enterprise from 747 Carrier.
  • Enterprise Passing a Saturn 1B

    Back: The Old and the New, Enterprise passing a Saturn 1B.
  • Scale Model of Apollo Saturn V

    Back: ALABAMA SPACE AND ROCKET CENTER, Tranquility Base, Huntsville, Alabama.
    Scale model of the Apollo/Saturn V moon rocket on exhibit at the World's Largest space exhibit.
  • Alabama Space and Rocket Center

    Back: ALABAMA SPACE AND ROCKET CENTER, Huntsville. Ala.
    The Earth's Largest Space Museum offers an unrivaled display of American rocketry. The Spacedome theater and a tour of NASA's Marshall Space Flight Center complete a day of family fun and education. The center Is home of the United States Space Camp.
  • Alabama Space and Rocket Center

    Back: ALABAMA SPACE AND ROCKET CENTER
    Earth's Largest Space Exhibit, Tranquility Base, Huntsville. Alabama 35807.
    The Alabama Space and Rocket Center is the largest missile and space eihibit in the world. It was dedicated by the citizens of Alabama to those Americans who made it possible for man to walk on the moon and to explore the universe; and to the youth of America who will utilize space technology for the benefit of mankind.

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