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  "Greetings from Outer Space - Huntsville, Ala."

  Front: Greetings from Outer Space, Huntsville, Ala.
  Back: JUPITER-C
  left: U.S. Army JUPITER-C Missile. This rocket, developed at the Army Ballistic Missile Agency, Huntsville. Ala., was used to launch the free world's first scientific earth satellite, the EXPLORER.
  Right: U.S. Army JUPITER Missile. The JUPITER Intermediate Range Ballistic Missile is being developed at the Army Ballistic Missile Agency, Huntsville. Ala. It is capable of carrying a nuclear warhead to a distance of 1500 nautical miles.
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  NASA Rocket Display

  Back: Rocket display at N.A.S.A. Marshall Space Flight Center, Huntsville, Alabama.
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  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.
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  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.
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  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.
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  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.
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  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).
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  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.
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  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.
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  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.