Browse Items (8239 total)

• 

  U.S. Army Redstone Guided Missile

  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.
• 

  The Pershing Missile

  Front: The Pershing Missile, Redstone Arsenal
  Back: THE PERSHING MISSILE, REDSTONE ARSENAL, HUNTSVILLE, ALABAMA
  This Pershing surface to surface missile can deliver an atomic warhead deep into enemy territory. The Army missile is a solid propellant ballistic missile under development by the Army Ballistic Missile Agency to replace the old reliable Redstone. The missile is named for General of the Armies John J. Pershing, World War I hero.
• 

  Gemini - Titan I Lifting Off Launching Pad

  Back: Gemini-Titan 1 lifting off launching pad on its maiden voyage, testing spacecraft and vehicle. The Gemini is the first of NASA's two-man spacecrafts. 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.
• 

  Sergeant Guided Missile

  Front: Sergeant Guided Missile, Redstone Arsenal.
  Back: SERGEANT GUIDED MISSILE, REDSTONE ARSENAL, HUNTSVILLE, ALABAMA.
  Measuring about 30 feet in length, the Army's Sergeant is a surface-to-surface, solid propellant, ballistic guided missile possessing a very high degree of reliability and accuracy. Also highly mobile, it can be quickly emplaced and fired by a very small crew, under all conditions of weather and terrain, delivering a nuclear blow far behind enomy lines. Its highly accurate guidance system is invulnerable to any known means of enemy counter-measures.
• 

  Mercury Redstone

  Front: Mercury Redstone
  Back: National Aeronautics and Space Administration's "Mercury-Redstone" being readied for launch at the Cape Kennedy launch site. The rocket was provided by the NASA George C. Marshall Space Flight Center, Huntsville, Alabama.
• 

  Centaur II undergoes pre-launch tests

  Back: Centaur II, our first space vehicle to use liquid hydrogen as a propellent, undergoes pre-launch tests.
  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.
• 

  Jupiter Ballistic Missile

  Front: Jupiter Ballistic Missile, Redstone Arsenal
  Back: JUPITER BALLISTIC MISSILE, REDSTONE ARSENAL, HUNTSVILLE, ALABAMA
  The largest weapon, for which the Army has development responsibility, the Jupiter has pin-point accuracy against targets at ranges up to 1,500 nautical miles. The missile is 58 feet in length, and 105 inches in diameter.
• 

  Corporal Guided Missile

  Back: CORPORAL GUIDED MISSILE REDSTONE ARSENAL, HUNTSVILLE, ALABAMA
  A member of the Army missile family used in support of ground combat operations, the Corporal, equipped with either an atomic or conventional type warhead, is a surface-to-surface guided missile capable of engaging tactical targets far beyond the range of conventional artillery. A powerful rocket motor propels the missile through space, at several times the speed of sound.
• 

  "NASA'S SA-5 undergoing pre-lounch check-out."

  Back: NASA'S SA-5 undergoing pre-launch check-out. The Saturn is the free-world's largest space booster. It develops a million and a half pounds thrust. 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.
• 

  Saturn V Launch

  Back: This Is the National Aeronautics and Space Administration's Apollo/Saturn V vehicle, used to place man on the moon. The Saturn V vehicle, developing 7.6 million pounds thrust, was developed under the direction of the NASA-Marshall Space Flight Center, Huntsville, Ala.