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historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1UK0_pathfinder-historical_Huntsville-AL.html
Pathfinder is a 75-ton simulator which was used to practice lifting and handling the real Orbiters. It was originally built at Marshall Space Flight Center in 1977 as a stand-in for Space Shuttle Enterprise to fit-check the roads and facilities th…
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Since the 1960s, NASA astronauts have trained for the stresses of spaceflight in the high-altitude, two-seater, supersonic T-38 Talon. Developed by Northrop Grumman, the T-38 became the world's first supersonic jet trainer in 1961 when it entered …
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1UJY_main-engines-historical_Huntsville-AL.html
The Pathfinder's three main engines are real. The two lower engines powered the first flight of Columbia in 1981. The engine located at the top was used in ground test firings.
At launch, the three Space Shuttle Main Engines (fed liquid hydroge…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1SGT_superconductivity-discovery_Huntsville-AL.html
A graduate student from The University of Alabama in Huntsville achieved a major advance in science at this site on January 29, 1987. He discovered that a material composed of Yttrium, Barium, Copper, and Oxygen would superconduct—show no el…
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Commander Gene Cernan spoke these words as the last man to walk on the Moon.
Apollo 17 was the final Apollo mission and the crowning achievement of the entire Apollo program. The mission set numerous Apollo programs records: the longest mission…
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Lunar module pilot, Charlie Duke, exclaimed.
The Apollo 16 astronauts may have qualified for the Guinness Book of World Records for pushing their lunar rover to eleven miles per hour - but that was not their most serious accomplishment. As the …
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1BLF_scott-middot-worden-middot-irwin_Huntsville-AL.html
Lunar module Jim Irwin described his ride in the first lunar rover.
The Apollo 15 mission is best remembered for introducing the electric Lunar Roving Vehicle, better known as the rover (which was developed at Huntsville's Marshall Space Flight…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1BLD_shepard-middot-roosa-middot-mitchell_Huntsville-AL.html
Alan Shepard's first words on the Moon - ten years after he made history as the first American in space.
Less than a year after the "successful failure" of Apollo 13, the mission of Apollo 14 accomplished much of what its predecessor had hoped …
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1BLC_lovell-middot-swigert-middot-haise_Huntsville-AL.html
Commander Jim Lovell's words initiated heroic efforts by crew and mission control to salvage a crippled spacecraft and return Apollo 13 safely to Earth.
The Apollo 13 mission is the only Apollo flight remembered primarily for the effort to brin…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1BKF_conrad-middot-gordon-middot-bean_Huntsville-AL.html
Command module pilot Richard Gordon assured Pet Conrad, lunar module commander, that his landing was right on target.
Apollo 12 stands out as the first of the Moon flights to achieve a pinpoint landing. Despite a rocky start caused by pre-launc…