Manto, Cindy Donze
Marshall Space Flight Center
- ISBN 13:
- 9781467104548
- author:
- Manto, Cindy Donze
- format:
- Paperback / softback
- publisher:
- Arcadia Publishing (SC)
- language:
- English
- Publication Year:
- 2020
- Pages:
- 128
- Dimensions:
- 23.4 x 16.5 x 0.8 centimetres (0
- Genre:
- Science, Astrophysics, Nonfiction,
- Condition:
- New
- Availability:
- Item usually sent within 20 working days
Description
The Marshall Space Flight Center was established in Huntsville, Alabama, at the height of the Cold War. Originally a center for cotton production and large mills, it was transformed into a US Army initiative to manufacture and stockpile small solid-fuel rockets and chemical weapons. Following World War II, Operation Paperclip brought scientists and engineers from Germany to develop missiles and rockets at Redstone Arsenal's Army Ballistic Missile Agency (ABMA) and eventually the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA). The center was dedicated on September 8, 1960, in honor of General George C. Marshall, a statesman and builder of peace. Over the years, MSFC played a significant role in the Mercury and Apollo programs, Skylab, Apollo-Soyuz Test Project, Space Shuttle, Spacelab, and the space station. Today, it continues to support NASA's leading center for propulsion systems and launch vehicles, including the lunar missions of Project Artemis. This book is a compilation of photographic images and maps gathered from various libraries, museums, private collections, and NASA, assembled by historian Cindy Donze Manto.
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