Huntsville Air And Space Museum

Space rocket center in huntsville alabama is a museum operated by the government of alabama showcasing rockets achievements and artifacts of the u s.
Huntsville air and space museum. Closed thanksgiving day christmas eve christmas day and new year s day. Space rocket center. Open 7 days a week 9 a m. We re known as the rocket city because huntsville alabama is where rockets were developed that put men on the moon.
The center consists of outdoor areas that display a space shuttle various rockets and military vehicles and a number of buildings with exhibits featuring the us soviet space race and the invention and construction of the saturn rocket which happened in huntsville. Huntsville air and space museum see 3 067 traveler reviews 2 113 candid photos and great deals for huntsville al at tripadvisor. 14390 air and space museum parkway chantilly va 20151 703 572 4118. In january 1974 a new building for the national air and space museum nasm was taking shape right across the street from nasa headquarters.
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. The sheer scale of the saturn rockets is mind blowing. Discussions regarding areas of cooperation were already underway between nasa officials and museum director michael collins who had flown to the moon as a member of the apollo 11 crew. The strategic air command aerospace museum is a smithsonian affiliate.
Huntsville is home to the largest space museum in the world.