US Space and Rocket Center display. This centre is on land that was part of Redstone Arsenal,Huntsville,Alabama,USA. Proposed in 1960,the site opened in 1970. The rockets (from left) are: a Hermes A-1 (German WW2 guided rocket),a V2 missile (German WW2 rocket),a Jupiter I ballistic missile (US Air Force,1956-1961),a Redstone ballistic missile (US Army,1958-1964),a Saturn I launch vehicle (55 metres high,first flew in 1961 as part of the Apollo program) and the Juno-1 launch vehicle (used in 1958 to launch the Explorer 1 satellite). Photographed in 2010 |