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Visit to the Space and Rocket Centre in Huntsville.

To visit the Space and Rocket Centre in Huntsville was a dream come true. Quoc, my guide showed me around this fantastic facility and I was extremely honored. I even got to see the wonderful Docking Mechanism close-up! If you are visiting the Huntsville area this is an amazing museum and a must-see! The only disappointing thing was that I was too old for Space Camp! https://www.rocketcenter.com/ Dr. Wernher von Braun and his rocket team first came to the United States in 1945 under a military contract to create ballistic rockets. They were sent to Fort Bliss, Texas to work on rocket development, but after inspecting the Redstone facilities in Huntsville which had been used during World War II for the production of pyrotechnical devices, they deemed it a better location and proposed a guided missile center. On March 21, 1950, the von Braun rocket team moved to Huntsville and joined a group of U.S. rocketry specialists. Together, they would go on to create some of the world’s first rockets and satellites to orbit the Earth, and ultimately, the Saturn V rocket that sent the American Apollo astronauts to the moon, achieving the ultimate goal of preeminence in space. Dr. Wernher von Braun and his team of rocket scientists transformed Huntsville, Alabama, known in the 1950s as the “Watercress Capital of the World,” into a technology center that today is home to the second-largest research park in the United States and to the U.S. Space & Rocket Center (USSRC) with its world-class educational program, Space Camp®. The transformation grew from the smoke and fire that birthed America's space program. It is here in Huntsville that: Rockets were developed that put the first U.S. satellite into orbit and sent men to the moon; Propulsion for the space shuttle was developed Modules for the International Space Station (ISS) were designed and built; America’s next great ship – the Space Launch System – is being designed; Science on the ISS is monitored 24/7 at the Payload Operations Center at NASA Marshall Space Flight Center (MSFC). During the final months that von Braun and his team of scientists were refining the giant Saturn V rocket that sent Apollo astronauts to the moon, he was also preparing to launch another important project: a permanent exhibit to showcase the hardware of the space program. Von Braun was director of MSFC when he approached the Alabama Legislature with the idea of creating a museum jointly with the U.S. Army Missile Command and NASA. The U.S. Army donated land, and the U.S. Space & Rocket Center® opened its doors in 1970. Since then, nearly 17 million people have toured the Center. Many of the more than 650,000 annual visitors are school students on field trips to their future. Dozens of interactive exhibits encourage guest participation, prompting one official to note: "Here, everyone can be an astronaut for the day! Music I used: https://www.bensound.com License code: MPIDBZ3ZLDAKBJ5Z License code: FGDG2FRPX3HWSVAU License code: NDBIQQS6KVJEX4BZ