Tessmann was instrumental in the design and construction of the Redstone Test Stand in the early 1950s. Bill Lucas was the director of Marshall Space Flight Center from 1974 to 1986. The Alabama chapter of the American Society of Civil Engineers awarded landmark status to the Redstone Test Stand in 1979.
Tessmann was instrumental in the design and construction of the Redstone Test Stand in the early 1950s. The Alabama chapter of the American Society of Civil Engineers awarded landmark status to the Redstone Test Stand in 1979.
Tessmann was instrumental in the design and construction of the Redstone Test Stand in the early 1950s. The Alabama chapter of the American Society of Civil Engineers awarded landmark status to the Redstone Test Stand in 1979.
Back: GUIDED MISSILE TEST TOWER WITH REDSTONE MISSILE, REDSTONE ARSENAL, HUNTSVILLE, ALABAMA This is the largest static firing test stand for rocket motors in the U. S., and possibly in the world. The huge Army facility, costing $12,000,000. towers 145 feet high-as tall as a 15-story building, and is built of reinforced concrete, with walls 48 inches thick. Static testing of a missile consists in locking the missile into place on the stand and firing it. The missile does not "take off", but as it strains against the mighty grip of the great tower its roaring engine can be studied for performance characteristics as it it were actually in flight.
Back: SPACE ORIENTATION CENTER, Redstone Arsenal, Huntsville, Alabama Unique, historically significant exhibits vividly portray the development of rocketry and space travel in the free-world missile production center.