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Article seems no longer to be a stub. Agree? Wendell 00:23, 2 Jan 2005 (UTC)

I agree, but i may be bais since i live in Huntsville..

Able is not buried at the center. Able died on the table at KSC during post-flight medical tests. Only Miss Baker was ever at the USSRC and was buried on site. The actual location of the burial site is unknown, but a marker is placed outside the main entrance

The Rocket Center is not operated by Marshall Space Flight Center or officially affiliated with NASA, though NASA does own and maintain some exhibits within the museum. The Rocket Center itself is actually run by the Alabama Space Science Exhibit Commission.

Saturn V pic

It's been several years since I was last in Huntsville, but the photo of Saturn V on the page isn't of the Saturn V I remember. I remember that the actual rocket that is on the National Register is laying down at the back of the rocket park. The article mentions a model Saturn V being errected next to the actual Saturn Ib that is located at the center of the rocket park near the fake moon landing. I changed the caption to indicate that the photo is of a the model, not of the actual rocket. Could someone please confim? 67.188.7.78 03:37, 4 April 2007 (UTC)

Good catch as the caption was misleading. The article says that the Saturn V model is "near" the Saturn IB. If you look at the Teraserver image on the page you can clearly see the Saturn V model on the far left of the image, while the IB appears closer to the middle. I'm not so sure if that qualifies as "near" or not. Cjosefy 12:18, 4 April 2007 (UTC)
Just to correct the discussion above, there is no Saturn IB model at the USSRC. Their Rocket Park contains a Saturn I, similar to the Saturn I on display in front of Building 4471 at MSFC's Rocket Park. The Rocket Center does maintain a model of a Saturn IB, but it is located at a rest stop on I-65S near the Alabama/Tennessee border. -- 128.158.67.33 (talk) 17:39, 16 November 2007 (UTC)

Saturn I v. IB

The Field Guide to American Spacecraft identifies this as a Saturn I, and even explains why it's not a IB. Is there a source that contradicts this? AllTheseWorlds 16:16, 10 May 2007 (UTC)

It is a Saturn I block 2. I asked the good folks at the museum which one, but so far nobody I've asked knows. -- 173.95.174.189 (talk) 02:01, 12 April 2011 (UTC)

Largest Space Museum

The Space Camp website and promotional material name the USSRC the largest space museum in the country. If this is an adequate reference, it should be added to the article. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 68.62.214.78 (talk) 05:12, 9 June 2008 (UTC)

I wouldn't know (yet) if it's been surpassed by the addition of the Steven F. Udvar-Hazy Center to the National Air and Space Museum or perhaps additions at KSC. The claim does not appear on recent literature. -- ke4roh (talk) 19:04, 13 April 2011 (UTC)

Research underway

I took pictures of all the newspaper and magazine articles in the Huntsville/Madison County Public Library's file on the museum and pictures of some of the brochures. I plan to organize the information and incorporate it in this article over time. -- ke4roh (talk) 19:07, 13 April 2011 (UTC)

A Few Historical Highlights - put together by USSRC staff - last entry is Davidson Center 2008. -- ke4roh (talk) 12:43, 16 April 2011 (UTC)

Topics to research

I would like to use this section in a manner different from the typical talk page to keep track of research into specific events in the museum's history that would be helpful to the article. To that end, I will keep a list of items that I would like to find articles for, and upon finding these things, amend the list as more specific dates are found, and again to indicate where they were found (most likely local sources such as The Huntsville Times and Marshall Star): -- ke4roh (talk) 12:42, 16 April 2011 (UTC)

edit

This is an informal timeline for the U.S. Space & Rocket Center, and I would like to make it more formal and complete - your help is appreciated.

What to contribute

For something to be included in the article, it will need to be referenced from a reputable source. To include it in this list, I ask only that it be relevant to the history of the museum, not necessarily sourced, because this list will be a list of things to look up before it's a list of documented facts.

Feel free to contribute more information and more detailed information.

What I've done so far

I have photos of the newspaper clippings from the Huntsville Heritage Room at the Huntsville/Madison County Library. They are quite spotty (they don't cover such things as what's in the museum at opening or delivery of rockets to the museum or a hundred other things that would have warranted articles) and clippings end in 1999. I plan to visit the library again in July, but if have or can find some information before then, I'd be most appreciative.

The timeline

  • Delivery of the Saturn V and Saturn I to the museum, Saturday, June 28, 1969, [1] including S-IC-D, S-IVB-D, and S-II-D, the latter two just removed from the dynamic test stand. Painting of S-IB preceded its delivery, and S-IV received some modifications for display.[2] F-1 engines were installed on S-IC-D in mid-September, 1969. [3]
  • Article(s) heralding the opening of the museum, on or prior to March 7 (soft opening date) or March 17, 1970, the dedication date.
  • Some 1982ish pics
  • Miss Baker's death and interment, Nov 20, 1984 et seq
  • Space Shot showcased May 24, 1996 - [4] Check for news on or just before Feb 18, 1996. Ride was new for '96.
  • Star Trek 30th - September 8-9, 1996 [1]
  • 1998-99 construction of vertical Saturn V
  • ASSEC house cleaning before and including Nov 24, 1999 [2]

Directors' dates

    • Ed Buckbee - March 18, 1967 - 1994 [3]
    • Thad Mauldin - around 1996 [4]
    • Mike Wing - 1998 - 1999 [5]
    • Larry Capps - c. 2000 - December 21, 2010 [6][7]
    • Deborah Barnhart - December 21, 2010 to present [8]

Space Camp Alumni

Other notes

  • QUEST - USSRC staff newsletter 2005-present

References

  1. ^ von Braun, Wernher (2010), The Rocket Man: Wernher von Braun: The Man Who Took America to the Moon: His Weekly Notes: 1961-1969 (DVD), Steward & Wise Music Publishing, p. NOTES 6-30-69 SIEBEL, ISBN 978-1-935001-27-0 {{citation}}: Unknown parameter |editorn-first= ignored (help); Unknown parameter |editorn-last= ignored (help)
  2. ^ von Braun, Wernher (2010), The Rocket Man: Wernher von Braun: The Man Who Took America to the Moon: His Weekly Notes: 1961-1969 (DVD), Steward & Wise Music Publishing, p. NOTES 6-16-69 SIEBEL, ISBN 978-1-935001-27-0 {{citation}}: Unknown parameter |editorn-first= ignored (help); Unknown parameter |editorn-last= ignored (help)
  3. ^ von Braun, Wernher (2010), The Rocket Man: Wernher von Braun: The Man Who Took America to the Moon: His Weekly Notes: 1961-1969 (DVD), Steward & Wise Music Publishing, p. NOTES 9-15-69 SIEBEL, ISBN 978-1-935001-27-0 {{citation}}: Unknown parameter |editorn-first= ignored (help); Unknown parameter |editorn-last= ignored (help)
  4. ^ ""One Stop Space Shot"". The Item, Sumter, SC. May 24, 1996.
  5. ^ Roop, Lee (2011-06-02). "Space Camp kids tell CNN anchor Brooke Baldwin not to worry because exploration will go on". The Huntsville Times. Retrieved 2011-06-02.
Moved to an article in my user space to avoid getting someone's knickers in a wad. -- ke4roh (talk) 14:01, 17 April 2011 (UTC)

Picture captions

Hello, The previous editor of the picture captions had made a mistake, I have deleted the wrongly labeled section. If someone would like to take me up on my challenge and label all of them correctly, I will be their friend.

Bill.D Nguyen (talk) 02:29, 10 January 2012 (UTC)

If you know what there's an error, then why not fix it instead? (WP:SOFIXIT) -Fnlayson (talk) 05:51, 10 January 2012 (UTC)
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