Saturn IB Rocket - Ardmore, AL
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YoSam.
N 34° 57.273 W 086° 53.532
16S E 509842 N 3868008
224-foot-tall forerunner of the Saturn V moon rocket.
Waymark Code: WMWMFB
Location: Alabama, United States
Date Posted: 09/18/2017
Views: 5
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 1979
Display erected by: State of Alabama
Sign near rocket text:
"The 224-foot Saturn 1B Rocket displayed here is one of three launch vehicles in the Saturn family of rockets developed in Huntsville. The Saturn 1B Rocket had more power than the earlier Saturn I - enough for orbital missions with the Apollo Spacecraft and lunar module - but it was the 363-foot Saturn V rocket that ultimately took American astronauts to the moon. One of three remaining Saturn V's can be seen at the U.S. Space and Rocket Center® in Huntsville."
Plaque text:
SATURN 1B
LAUNCH VEHICLE
Developed by the
Marshall Space Flight Center, Huntsville, Alabama
And Associated Contractors
Erected by the Citizens of Alabama
As a tribute to the Men and Women who
Made it Possible for this Nation to
Explore Space for Peaceful Purposes
Through the Cooperation
of
National Aeronautics and Space Administration
NASA'S Space Fight Center
Alabama Space and Rocket Center
State of Alabama
July 1979
Group that erected the marker: Citizens of Alabama, State of Alabama
URL of a web site with more information about the history mentioned on the sign: [Web Link]
Address of where the marker is located. Approximate if necessary:
26865 Interstate 65, Elkmont, AL 35620
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