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  • img_01165.pdf

    Front: U. S. Army 'Redstone' Guided Missile
    Back: U. S. Army 'Redstone' Guided Missile
    Huntsville, Alabama, Home of Army Ballistics Missile Agency. Named after Redstone Arsenal, the Redstone is the Army's largest surface-to-surface guided missile. Capable of carrying a nuclear warhead, this weapon has proven to be very accurate at supersonic speeds. This photo is actual color made by U. S. Army.
  • img_01167.pdf

    Back: A Saturn I space vehicle, developed by the National Aeronautics and Space Administration's Marshall Space Flight Center. Huntsville, Ala., is launched from Cape Kennedy, Fla. The Saturn I weighs more than a million pounds at liftoff, and generates a maximum of 32,000,000 horsepower. It is a fore-runner of the Saturn V moon rocket being developed by MSFC. Huntsville.
  • img_01169.pdf

    Back: ALABAMA SPACE AND ROCKET CENTER, Earth's Largest Space Exhibit. Tranquility Base, Huntsville. Alabama 35807.
    This moon rock sample is displayed at Earth's largest space exhibit. It was collected on the moon by Apollo II astronauts. It is believed to be over 3 billion years old, and weighs 4.9 ounces.
  • img_01171.pdf

    Front: Redstone
    Back: Redstone Missile. Developed at Huntsville, Alabama's Redstone Arsenal, the Redstone is shown here being readied for launching at Cape Canaveral.
  • img_01173.pdf

    Back: The first flight configuration of the giant Saturn C-1 rocket is seen at the George C. Marshall Space Flight Center, N.A.S.A. Huntsville, Ala. The C-1 will be capable of placing about 10 tons into low earth orbit.
  • img_01175.pdf

    Back: Enterprise being unloaded from 747 Carrier.
  • img_01177.pdf

    Back: Enterprise passing Marshall Space Flight Center Headquarters.
  • img_01179.pdf

    Back: Enterprise's home for 1978.
  • img_01181.pdf

    Back: Space Shuttle Enterprise lands at Redstone Arsenal Airfield March 13, 1978.
  • img_01183.pdf

    Back: Preparations for unloading Enterprise from 747 Carrier.