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Marshall Space Flight Center History
NASA and MSFC -
Rocket City, USA Booklet by Akens, David, circa 1960
Huntsville Tours -
"Interview With Dr. Arthur Rudolph."
Transcription of an interview between Davis S. Akens and Arthur Rudolph -
"Historical Sketch of MSFC."
A rocket from the George C. Marshall Space Flight Center will carry the first American to the moon, and the deadline is 1970. Because of the Center's expanding role in space, there are increasing requests for information about our activities. This brief historical sketch should help to answer questions about our past, our present, and our hopes for the future. Marshall Space Flight Center (MSFC) is the largest installation of the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA). The Marshall Center is NASA's agency responsible for large space rockets and related research. MSFC employs about 7500 civil service employees with an annual payroll of more than {dollar}82 million. In addition approximately 4300 contractor employees work for MSFC on the Arsenal, earning an estimated {dollar}43 million. The Center occupies about 1800 acres near Huntsville, Alabama; in this large area are 270 buildings with floor space totalling about 4,000,000 square feet for a real estate and property value of about {dollar}325 million. MSFC's 1966 fiscal year budget was {dollar}1.8 billion. Obviously MSFC has much human and monetary worth behind United States round trips to the moon and beyond. In addition to its size, MSFC is unique because it has a large rocket development team with more than three decades of experience. Prior to the rocket work that dates back to Peenemuende [sic] the world heard little and cared less concerning rockets and space. As a group Marshall has always thought big. It has worked together as a group, and equally well with fellow scientists throughout the Free World, to get the most into space soonest. This is why there is increasing interest in larger and larger rockets and rocket programs from our Center, a fact generating more and more questions about our Center, and in turn generating a "workload" request for this sketch by the Historical Office. We hope that you enjoy our historical sketch, which could as well be entitled "Closer and Closer Views of the Moon and Beyond." David S. Akens, MSFC Historian. -
Dr. von Braun's calendars and scrapbooks indicate that these were his personal contacts with President Kennedy, Vice-President Johnson and members of their immediate staff.
The first page contains a typed routing slip. A list of Wernher von Braun's meetings with President Kennedy, the Vice President and members of their immediate staff. -
Students wading in floodwater at UAH Community Housing.
The flood was caused by a broken pipe. Community Housing was located at the corner of Lancewood Drive and University Drive. -
Students wading in floodwater at UAH Community Housing.
The flood was caused by a broken pipe. Community Housing was located at the corner of Lancewood Drive and University Drive. -
VHS tape of "Trial by Fire and Water: Birmingham, 1963" (Part I).
Rev. Fred Shuttlesworth is the speaker in this lecture given at Alabama A&M. -
Flier advertising the Civil Rights Movement in Alabama 1954-1965 Lecture Series.
This pamphlet features photographs taken by Alabama photographer Charles Moore during the civil rights era. Speakers listed include Fred Gray, Fred Shuttlesworth, Sonnie Hereford, and John Lewis.