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  • Artist's Drawing of Proposed Lunar Vehicle

    Back: This is on artist's drawing of the six wheel General Motors built Mobility Test Article. The vehicle is being built by GM and tested by NASA. The concept will be used to design a vehicle for use on the moon. MSFC, at Redstone Arsenal, directs the work.
  • Super Guppy Aircraft

    Back: Super Guppy aircraft, operated under NASA contract and owned by Aero-Space Lines, Inc., Van Nuys, Calif. Used to haul Saturn S-IVB stage from West Coast to Cape Kennedy. Also used to carry other large rocket stages and components.
  • Michoud Assembly Facility

    Back: This is the assembly floor at the NASA - Michoud Assembly facility at New Orleans, La. The large assembly building has some 40 acres under one roof. Boosters shown here are first stages for the Uprated Saturn I launch vehicle. The Saturn was developed at Marshall Space Center, Huntsville, Alabama.
  • Artist's Conception of Saturn V Flight

    Back: This is on artist's conception of the Apollo/Saturn V vehicle leaving on the first leg of the moon journey. The three stage vehicle will be launched from Cape Kennedy, Fla. and will carry three astronauts to the moon and back. The Saturn was developed at MSFC, Huntsville, Alabama.
  • Static Test of Saturn V First Stage

    Back: The 7.5 million pound thrust Saturn V first stage is static tested at the NASA-Marshall Space Flight Center in Huntsville, Ala. Five F-l engines power the stage. The stage will be the booster for the first Saturn V launched. This vehicle is scheduled for launch this year (1967).
  • Dr. Wernher von Braun

    Back: Dr. Wernher von Braun, director of the NASA - Marshall Space Flight Center, is shown with rocket models and hardware at the Huntsville, Alabama space installation.
  • Saturn V Test Stand

    Front: MSFC
    Back: The first flight Saturn V booster is shown being hauled into a giant test stand at NASA - MarshalI Space Flight Center, Huntsville, Alabama (Redstone Arsenal). The booster will be captive fired here. Stage's five F-1 engines produce 7.5 million pounds thrust.
  • George C. Marshall Space Flight Center

    Back: The George C. Marshall Space Flight Center (MSFC), Huntsville, Alabama
    Saturn rocket booster barge at dock on Tennessee River. Barge is used to carry boosters from MSFC at Redstone Arsenal, Ala., to NASA - Kennedy Space Center, Fla., for launch.
  • Alabama Space and Rocket Center

    Back: ALABAMA SPACE AND ROCKET CENTER
    America's Largest Missile and Space Exhibit. Tranquility Base, Huntsville, Alabama 35807.
    The full-size Apollo Saturn V moon rocket is one of the feature attractions at the Alabama Space and Rocket Center. The five huge rocket engines develop seven and one half million pounds of thrust and consume propellents at the rate of 5,000 gallons per second. The complete vehicle - longer than a baseball field - can be viewed close up by the visitor. The Alabama Space and Rocket Center tells the story of man's past, present, and future efforts to explore space for peaceful purposes.
  • Dare Anti-Tank Guided Missile

    Back: DART ANTI-TANK GUIDED MISSILE, REDSTONE ARSENAL, HUNTSVILLE, ALABAMA
    This vehicle-launched, rocket propelled guided missile is designed for use by front line troops. It requires a minimum of technical training to operate, yet carries a warhead capable of defeating the heaviest known enemy armor. This versatile Army missile can deliver its warhead with pinpoint accuracy.
  • F-1 Engine

    An F-1 engine, generating 1.5 million pounds thrust, is captive fired at the NASA-Marshall Space Flight Center, Huntsville, Alabama. The liquid oxygen/RPl (kerosene) engine is used on the Saturn V booster.
  • Alabama Space and Rocket Center

    Back: ALABAMA SPACE AND ROCKET CENTER. America's Largest Missile and Space Exhibit. Tranquility Base. Huntsville, Alabama 35807. The Alabama Space and Rocket Center is the largest missile and space exhibit in the world. It was dedicated by the citizens of Alobama 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.
  • Alabama Space and Rocket Center

    Back: ALABAMA SPACE AND ROCKET CENTER. America's Largest Missile and Space Exhibit, Tranquility Base. Huntsville, Alabama 35807. The towering 200 foot Saturn I space vehicle is the landmark of the new Alabama Space and Rocket Center. Designed to tell the story of man's past, present, and future efforts to explore space for peaceful purposes, the Center features fifty audience participation exhibits and numerous pieces of space equipment. The thirty-five acre complex is located five miles west, Huntsville, Alabama.
  • Alabama Space and Rocket Center

    ALABAMA SPACE & ROCKET CENTER. A 1.9 million dollar, State-owned science exhibit containing Exhibit Building, Rocket Area, Apollo-Saturn V Moon Rocket, Moon Crater and Missile Area. Features 50 audience participation exhibits describing rocket propulsion, living in space, Apollo lunar landing and story of the universe. Located within city limits of Huntsville, Alabama.
  • NASA Rocket Display

    Back: Rocket display at N.A.S.A. Marshall Space Flight Center, Huntsville, Alabama.
  • Hermes Guided Missle

    HERMES GUIDED MISSILE, HUNTSVILLE, ALABAMA. The first American-mode guided missile, first put on public display, at Huntsville, home of the world's largest rocket and guided missile research and development center, Redstone Arsenal.
  • Spacedome

    Front: Alabama Space & Rocket Center SPACEDOME, Huntsville, Alabama
    Back: SPACEDOME THEATER, Huntsville. Ala. The launch of the Space Shuttle fills the 67-foot dome screen at the Alabama Space & Rocket Center. An unequaled sound system adds to the adventure of space travel inside the 280-seat theater adjoining Earth's Largest Space Museum.
  • Aerial View of Troop Housing

    Back: An aerial view of Troop Housing at the Missile and Maintenance Center and School at Redstone Arsenal near Huntsville, Alabama.
  • Shelby Motel

    Back: Shelby Motel, Memorial Parkway, On U.S. Highways 231, 431 & 72 North, inside city limits, HUNTSVILLE. ALABAMA, Phone Jefferson 2-2625
    Air conditioned, Electric Heat, Ceramic Tile Baths, Wall to Wall Carpets, Attractive TV Lounge. Restaurant nearby. Owned and Operated by Mr. and Mrs. Shelby P. Taylor.
  • Shelby Motel

    Back: SHELBY MOTEL, North Memorial Parkway, On U. S. Highway 231, 431 & 72 North, Inside City Limits, Huntsville, Alabama, Phone 534-2625
    Air Conditioned, Electric Heat, Television, Ceramic Tile Baths, Wall-to-Wall Carpets - Owned and Operated by Mr. & Mrs. Shelby P. Taylor. Adjacent to Restaurant - Nineteen Rooms.

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