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  Marshall Space Flight Center's Space Orientation Center

  Back: HUNTSVILLE, ALABAMA. NASA - Marshall Space Flight Center's Space Orientation Center. Rocket engine exhibits and other space-age displays are exhibited at the MSFC Space Orientation Center.
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  Uprated Saturn I Launch Vehicle

  Back: The Uprated Saturn I launch vehicle (SA-202) is surrounded by the service structure on the launch pad at the NASA - Kennedy Space Center, Fla. The Marshall Center, Huntsville, Ala., developed the Saturn launch vehicle.
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  Fifth Saturn I Launch at Cape Kennedy

  Back: The fifth Saturn I launch vehicle (SA-5) leaves the launch pad at Cape Kennedy, Fla., on Jan. 29, 1964. Nose cone painted black for special thermal experiment.
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  Uprated Saturn I Launch at Cape Kennedy

  Back: The second Uprated Saturn I launch vehicle (designated AS-203) stands on the launch pad at Cape Kennedy. Blunt nosecone replaced the Apollo spacecraft for this special flight. This was a liquid hydrogen test to determine how liquid hydrogen reacted in space. Television comeras were in the top of the second stage's liquid hydrogen tank. The Saturn was developed at MSFC, Huntsville, AIabama.
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  Hawk Guided Missle

  Front: Hawk Guided Missile, Redstone Arsenal.
  Back: HAWK GUIDED MISSILE, REDSTONE ARSENAL, HUNTSVILLE, ALABAMA
  This it the Army's versatile surface-to-air guided missile, designed for protection against low altitude attack. Carrying a lethal warhead, this air defense weapon system is capable of destroying attackers flying at the lowest altitudes, at ranges insuring effective protection of defended areas. Highly mobile, the system is capable of being transported with a minimum number of vehicles on the highway, by helicopter, and by aircraft.
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  U.S. Army Missile Display Area

  Back: U.S. ARMY MISSILE DISPLAY AREA, Redstone Arsenal, Alabama
  The massive domes house innumerable displays, individual listening devices describe and explain the functions of various Rockets and Missiles. Buttons and levers operate miniature models and allow visitors to play Astronaut. The large dome is 150' in diameter and 85' tall. It is made of vinyl coated nylon, and is kept erect by air pressure. The nylon in this one dome weighs 92,000 lbs.
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  Space Shuttle Challenger Prior to Launch

  Back: Kennedy Space Center, FL. Space Shuttle Challenger, Mission 41-B, on pad prior to launch.
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  U.S. Army Ordnance "Nike" Guided Missile

  Back: U.S. ARMY ORDNANCE "NIKE" GUIDED MISSILE, HUNTSVILLE, ALABAMA
  Home of Redstone Arsenal, the Army Ordnance Rocket and Guided Missile Center. The Nike was America's first operational guided missile. Named after the Goddess of Victory, this weapon provides the first line of defense against atomic attack.
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  Missile 16 Redstone

  Front: Missile 16 Redstone being monitored from foxhole.
  
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  Honest John Rocket

  Front: Honest John Rocket, Redstone Arsenal, Huntsville, Alabama.
  Back: HONEST JOHN ROCKET, REDSTONE ARSENAL
  Capable of carrying both atomic and high explosive warheads, this long-range Army artillery rocket is used tactically to provide close fire support to ground combat operations. The weapon has considerably more battlefield mobility than conventional artillery and one high explosive round can deliver on the target, the demolition effect of hundreds of artillery shells.