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Brahan Spring Park, formerly Beaty's Spring, was the site of Camp Beaty, the encampment of Andrew Jackson's army of volunteers and militia after their celebrated non-stop march of "32 miles in 5 hours" from Fayetteville, Tennessee on Oct…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1UPH_external-tank-historical_Huntsville-AL.html
The tank exhibited at the U. S. Space & Rocket Center is real. It was delivered to NASA in 1977 it was the first ever built for the shuttle program. The tank was used in the Space Shuttle Main Engine test program at NASA's Stennis Space Center in …
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1UPG_u-s-army-nasa-juno-ii-historical_Huntsville-AL.html
The Juno II was a modified Jupiter rocket with upper stages and payload sections. Its single engine-just like the Jupiter's-could be gimbaled during launch for steering control. Juno II played an important role in the history of space flight. In M…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1UPF_u-s-army-pgm-11-redstone-historical_Huntsville-AL.html
First test-launched in August, 1953, the Redstone Medium-Range Ballistic Missile evolved from a five-year Army research and development program. Named for Redstone Arsenal—where it was developed—this vehicle played a crucial role in th…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1UOD_nasa-skylab-historical_Huntsville-AL.html
Skylab, the United States' first space station, was manned from May 25, 1973 to February 8, 1974 by three separate astronaut crews. Experiments were performed to enrich our knowledge of Earth, Sun, stars and cosmic space; to study the effects of l…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1UOC_u-s-air-force-sm-65-atlas-f-historical_Huntsville-AL.html
The ATLAS rocket was American's first Intercontinental Ballistic Missile (ICBM). It was first successfully launched in December, 1955. Originally a weapons delivery system, the Atlas D was selected by NASA to be the rocket that sent American astro…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1UOB_pathfinder-orbiter-historical_Huntsville-AL.html
Pathfinder is a test article of NASA Space Shuttle Orbiter, built by Marshall Space Flight Center (MSFC) in 1977 to practice lifting and handling the future Orbiter vehicles. Made of scrap rocket parts steel beams and wood, the mockup's size, shap…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1UOA_nasa-u-s-geological-survey-historical_Huntsville-AL.html
The Mobile Geological Laboratory (MOLAB) was built as part of the development of NASA's Lunar Roving Vehicle(LRV) program. NASA engineers and scientists studied a number of different concepts for vehicles to use on the lunar surface. This rover in…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1UO9_u-s-army-pgm-19-jupiter-historical_Huntsville-AL.html
America's first Intermediate-range ballistic missile (RBM), the Jupiter Rocket was an outgrowth of Redstone rocket technology. It was developed at Redstone Arsenal under the technical guidance of German rocket engineers. First test-launched in Mar…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1UO8_ms-baker-monkeynaut-historical_Huntsville-AL.html
Able, an American-born rhesus monkey, and Baker a South American squirrel monkey, where launched on May 28, 1959, aboard an Army Jupiter missile. Launched in the nose cone, the two animals were carried to a 300-mile altitude, and both were recover…