Huntsville Space Rocket Center
Space camp training center where youngsters of all ages and adults conduct simulated missions.
Huntsville space rocket center. Space rocket center is the only place in the world where you can stand under a full stack the space shuttle external tank and two rocket boosters. Rockets developed in huntsville range from the army boosters that put america s first satellite and astronauts in orbit to nasa s saturn v moon rocket and the space shuttle. We re known as the rocket city because huntsville alabama is where rockets were developed that put men on the moon.
Sometimes billed as earth s largest space museum astronaut owen garriott described the place as a great way to learn about space in a town that has embraced the space program from the very beginning the center opened in 1970 just after the apollo 12 moon landing the second crewed mission to the lunar surface. Huntsville is home to the largest space museum in the world. Space and rocket center on tripadvisor.
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Space rocket center in huntsville alabama is a museum operated by the government of alabama showcasing rockets achievements and artifacts of the u s.