UAH Archives, Special Collections, and Digital Initiatives

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  • img_01193.pdf

    Front: ALABAMA SPACE AND ROCKET CENTER
    The AIabama Space and Rocket Center contains the world's largest collection of missiles, rockets, and space vehicles. A full scale Apollo Saturn V moon rocket it exhibited in a horizontal position and it one of the featured attractions on the 35-acre complex. The exhibition Center it owned and operated by the State of Alabama and is opened every day. Located west of downtown Huntsville on Alabama Highway 20.
  • img_01095.pdf

    Back: Spaceships, moon buggies, rocket engines and exhibits about space travel fill the multi-million dollar Alabama Space and Rocket Center in Huntsville. The new space center, World's largest missile and space exhibit, highlights the equipment used by U. S. astronauts to explore the moon. The Center is located west of Huntsville on Highway 20, and operates seven days a week.
  • img_00891.pdf

    Back: ALBERT PICK MOTEL, 2901 Memorial Parkway N. W., U. S. 72 - 231 - 431, HUNTSVILLE, ALABAMA, Phone: 539-3/11 - Teletype: HTVL ALA-8512
    125 air-conditioned rooms, all with television, 24-hour telephone service. Heated swimming pool. Restaurant. Ideal meeting facilities. Free parking. Children free under 12.
  • img_01237.pdf

    Back: Oakwood College. Huntsville, Alabama. Cunningham Hall, Women's Dormitory (1947)
  • img_00829.pdf

    Back: Arch at entrance to Burritt on the Mountain - A Living Museum, Built by Dr. William Henry Burritt as the entrance to his retirement estate completed in 1938.
  • img_01125.pdf

    Front: Army Ordnance Command Headquarters, Redstone Arsenal
    Back: THE U. S. ARMY MISSILE COMMAND HEADQUARTERS, REDSTONE ARSENAL, ALABAMA
    The Missle Command is responsible for research, design, development, production, maintenance and supply of all Army missiles and rockets. It is a military-civilian team that has pushed the art of missilery rapidly forward. People are the Command's primary resource and their brains and ability are its most precious asset.
  • img_01047.pdf

    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.
  • img_01119.pdf

    Back: Artist's conception of Saturn V/Apollo being transported on crawler the size of a baseball infield, to the launch area at Mila, John F. Kennedy Space Center. 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.
  • img_01053.pdf

    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.
  • img_01143.pdf

    Front: Atlas Agena-B Space Vehicle with Ranger Spacecraft
    Back: ATLAS AGENA-B SPACE VEHICLE WITH RANGER SPACECRAFT
    The Atlas Agena-B space vehicle it shown here with its Ranger spacecraft payload on the pad at Cape Canaveral. Fla. The Atlas Agena-B is being used by NASA to launch the 750-pound Ranger lunar impact missions. The Atlas Agena-B program is managed by the NASA Marshall Space Flight Center, Huntsville, Alabama.