Legacy - Ardmore Welcome Center - Ardmore, AL
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YoSam.
N 34° 57.266 W 086° 53.525
16S E 509852 N 3867994
Markers to explain the rocket and the roles played around it.
Waymark Code: WMZQMA
Location: Alabama, United States
Date Posted: 12/23/2018
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County of display: Limestone County
Location of display: Ardmore Welcome Center, southbound I-65, on the state line just south of the Tennessee border
Display erected: July 2000
Display erected by: State of Alabama & NASA
Marker Text: The Saturn I, the Saturn IB and the Saturn V were all members of the Saturn family of rockets developed in Huntsville. The Saturn IB, as displayed here in full scale, had more power than the earlier Saturn I -- enough for orbital training missions with both the Apollo spacecraft and lunar module. But it was the 363-foot Saturn V rocket that ultimately took American astronauts out of Earth's orbit and on to the moon. One of only three remaining original Saturn V rockets, along with a full-scale vertical replica, can be seen at the U.S. Space and Rocket Center® only a few miles south in Huntsville. The Saturn V is listed as a National Historic Landmark and represents one of the greatest scientific achievements in human history. With a 100 percent success rate, it was responsible for putting 12 Americans on the surface of the moon.