Description: 27062-D ALABAMA SPACE AND ROCKET CENTER EARTH'S LARGEST SPACE MUSEUMTranquility BaseInterstate 565, Route 15, Highway 72, Huntsville, Madison County, Alabama 35807 The Alabama Space and Rocket Center, located in Huntsville, is the world's largest space museum. Attracting thousands of visitors yearly, the Center is open to the public everyday from 9-5, except Christmas. Dexter Supreme Genuine Natural Color Made by Dexter Press, Inc., West Nyack, NY USA Astronaut, Alabama Space & Rocket Center, Huntsville, AL 1974 VTG Postcard________________________ This vintage postcard from 1976 features the Alabama Space & Rocket Center Museum in Huntsville, AL. The postcard is an original, printed lithograph made by Dexter Press, Inc. of West Nyack, NY. It is a single unit with a continental size of 6 x 4 inches and is unposted. The postcard showcases the tranquility base, famous places, technology, transportation, and people. It also features divided back, chrome, scallop-edged, and die-cut designs. The postcard is a great addition to any collection and a perfect souvenir for anyone who visited the U.S. Space & Rocket Center in Huntsville, Alabama. The U.S. Space & Rocket Center in Huntsville, Alabama is a museum operated by the government of Alabama, showcasing rockets, achievements, and artifacts of the U.S. space program. Sometimes billed as "Earth's largest space museum", astronaut Owen Garriott described the place as, "a great way to learn about space in a town that has embraced the space program from the very beginning." The center opened in 1970, just after the Apollo 12 Moon landing, the second crewed mission to the lunar surface. It showcases Apollo Program hardware, including the Apollo 16 capsule, and also houses interactive science exhibits, Space Shuttle exhibits, and Army rocketry and aircraft. With more than 1,500 permanent rocketry and space exploration artifacts, as well as many rotating rocketry and space-related exhibits, the center occupies land carved out of Redstone Arsenal adjacent to Huntsville Botanical Garden at exit 15 on Interstate 565. The center offers bus tours of nearby NASA's Marshall Space Flight Center. Two camp programs offer visitors the opportunity to stay on the grounds to learn more about spaceflight and aviation. U.S. Space Camp gives an in-depth exposure to the space program through participant use of simulators, lectures, and training exercises. Aviation Challenge offers a taste of military fighter pilot training, including simulations, lectures, and survival exercises. Both camps provide residential and day camp educational programs for children and adults.________________________ Huntsville is the most populous city in the U.S. state of Alabama. It is the county seat of Madison County with portions extending into Limestone County and Morgan County. It is located in the Appalachian region of northern Alabama south of the state of Tennessee. Huntsville was founded within the Mississippi Territory in 1805 and became an incorporated town in 1811. When Alabama was admitted as a state in 1819, Huntsville was designated for a year as the first capital, before the state capitol was moved to more central settlements. The city developed across nearby hills north of the Tennessee River, adding textile mills in the late nineteenth century. Major growth in Huntsville took place in the decades following World War II. During the war, the U.S Army established Redstone Arsenal in the vicinity, with a chemical weapons plant and related facilities. After the war, additional research was conducted at Redstone Arsenal on rockets, followed by adaptations for space exploration. NASA's Marshall Space Flight Center, the United States Army Aviation and Missile Command, and most recently the FBI's operational support headquarters, all came to be located at Redstone Arsenal. The National Trust for Historic Preservation included Huntsville in its "America's Dozen Distinctive Destinations for 2010" list. The population was 215,006 at the 2020 census. and was estimated to be 221,933 in 2022. The Huntsville metropolitan area's population was 514,465 in 2022, making it the second most populous metropolitan area in the state after the Birmingham metropolitan area. HistorySee also: Timeline of Huntsville, AlabamaThe City of Huntsville was incorporated on November 25, 1811________________________ Tranquility Base (Latin: Statio Tranquillitatis) is the site on the Moon where, in July 1969, humans landed and walked on a celestial body other than Earth for the first time. On July 20, 1969, Apollo 11 crewmembers Neil Armstrong and Buzz Aldrin landed their Apollo Lunar Module Eagle at approximately 20:17:40 UTC. Armstrong exited the spacecraft six hours and 39 minutes after touchdown, followed 19 minutes later by Aldrin. The astronauts spent two hours and 31 minutes examining and photographing the lunar surface, setting up several scientific experiment packages, and collecting 47.5 pounds (21.5 kg) of dirt and rock samples for return to Earth. They lifted off the surface on July 21 at 17:54 UTC. Tranquility Base was named by Aldrin and Armstrong, and first announced by Armstrong when the Lunar Module Eagle landed. It is located in the south-western corner of the dark lunar plain Mare Tranquillitatis ("Sea of Tranquility"). The U.S. states of California and New Mexico have registered Tranquility Base as a heritage site associated with them, but Texas, the U.S. National Park Service, and UNESCO have declined to do so, due to the technicality that it is not located within their borders. Established1965LocationHuntsville, AlabamaCoordinates34°42′41″N 86°39′15″WTypeScience museumDirectorDr. Kimberly Robinson[1]OwnerState of AlabamaWebsiterocketcenter.comAssociation of Science-Technology Centersastc.org
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Return shipping will be paid by: Seller
All returns accepted: Returns Accepted
Item must be returned within: 30 Days
Refund will be given as: Money Back
Unit of Sale: Single Unit
Number of Items in Set: 1
Size: Continental (6 x 4 in)
Material: Cardboard, Paper
Year Manufactured: 1976
City: Huntsville
Original/Licensed Reprint: Original
Brand/Publisher: Genuine Natural Color Made by Dexter Press, Inc., West Nyack, NY
Subject: Alabama Space & Rocket Center Museum, Huntsville, AL 1974
Type: Printed (Lithograph)
Continent: North America
Unit Type: Unit
Era: Photochrome (1939-Now)
Region: Alabama
Country: United States
Theme: Aerial View, Exhibitions, Famous Places, People, Technology, Tourism, Transportation, Travel, Engineering, Mare Tranquillitatis ("Sea of Tranquility"), Tranquility Base, The U.S. Space & Rocket Center in Huntsville, Alabama
Features: Chrome, Die-Cut, Divided Back, Scallop-edged
Time Period Manufactured: 1970-1979
Unit Quantity: 1
Country/Region of Manufacture: United States
Postage Condition: Unposted
