Exploring Huntsville's US 🇺🇸 Space & Rocket 🚀 Center for an Unforgettable Journey to the Stars!🤩

Do you know Huntsville Alabama is home to the United States foundation for Rocket science, technology and engineering? We’ll talk about that and more as we share with you the US Space and Rocket Center Museum in Huntsville Alabama. Let’s get Started!

Everything the United States knows about Rocket science was developed and improved here in Huntsville at the Redstone Arsenal and now the Marshall Space Flight Center. Did you know Mission Control for the International Space Station is here in Huntsville? The story of how we made it from World War II to the Saturn V is legendary. Wernher Von Braun, a German Rocket Engineer was pulled out of Europe along with other engineers critical to the Hitler’s Rocket Program by the Americans.

The US Space & Rocket Center is located in Huntsville Alabama about 20 minutes East of I-65. This is a great stop for Spring Breakers as it’s about 400 miles North of the Gulf of Mexico.

US Space and Rocket Center Website: https://www.rocketcenter.com

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A bicycle is on display which was used by one of the engineers to meet with US Soldiers about the strategy. Along with the rocket engineers our Soldiers took fully functional V2 rockets back to America. One of the V-2 Rockets is in the museum next to Von Braun’s office exhibit. Huntsville Alabama is home to the Redstone Arsenal and Modern day Rocket Technology. Von Braun led the development of rocket science in the United States with a collaboration of the German immigrants and Americans.

In this area of the Davidson Center for Rocket Exploration there are models of the mercury capsule. The Mercury program sent the first man into space and the capsule was big enough for one person. You’ll remember astronaut names like Shepard, Grissom and Glenn. Close by is the Gemini capsule where two astronauts went to space.

The Apollo capsule is located next to the airstream trailer the astronauts used to prevent sickness in space.

You can find this hands-on experience along the windows under the big circle. This exhibit discusses the guidance system of the Saturn V and shares how they designed and conquered how to drive and steer in space using some of the very first computer technology.

The water tank from the Skylab fell to the earth in 1979. But it survived and was found in Australia with other debris after losing orbit.

Next to the shuttle mockup is a narrative of the Manned Maneuvering Unit. The unit on display was used in space and is part of a broader education on the STS-41-B mission here at the Rocket Center.

The Apollo 16 Command module is on display at the end of the museum. This capsule successfully protected John Young, Ken Mattingly and Charles Duke on their mission to the moon and back to Earth.

Outside walking around the rocket park explore the Saturn 1 Rocket and take a ride on the G Force Accelerator. To the west you can stand next to the Space Shuttle with boosters and fuel tank. Also outside at the entrance you will discover the A-12 Oxcart supersonic spy aircraft. Similar in design to the SR-71 Blackbird but could fly faster and higher.

You can look forward to installations of Space X, the Atlas program, and Blue Origin all in front and towering above us. This exhibit is the next chapter in the space program. Here the story of the next mission to the moon and Mars is detailed with NASA’s Space Launch System (SLS) as the tallest model in the room. Other pieces include Blue Origin, Spacesuits, and the lunar lander. In the middle of the room is the Boeing CST-100.

From Jeff Bezos you can see the first person to enter space on a Blue Origin spacecraft. Mannequin Skywalker went on the first “manned” mission of blue origin.

The SLS is the strongest rocket ever and is able to send Orion, astronauts and cargo to the moon.

The shuttle experience is a coveted backstage tour of the space station, lunar lander, space port, shuttle simulator and mission control.

Timecodes

0:00 Intro
0:12 Rocket Center Location
0:49 Why Huntsville?
1:49 Early Manned Space Flight
2:32 Hands On Experiences
4:01 Artifacts from Space
5:38 Rocket Park
6:24 Gift Shop
6:49 The Future of Space
8:14 Paid Experiences
9:08 Shuttle Discovery Flight Simulator