Redstone Test Stand

Infobox_nrhp | name =Redstone Test Stand
nrhp_type =nhl


caption = Redstone Test Stand at the George C. Marshall Space Flight Center in Huntsville, Alabama.
nearest_city= Huntsville, Alabama
lat_degrees = 34
lat_minutes = 37
lat_seconds = 57.5
lat_direction = N
long_degrees = 86
long_minutes = 39
long_seconds = 59.5
long_direction = W
locmapin = Alabama
area =
built =1953
architect= U.S. Army
architecture=
designated= October 03, 1985cite web|url=http://tps.cr.nps.gov/nhl/detail.cfm?ResourceId=1601&ResourceType=Structure
title=Redstone Test Stand |accessdate=2007-10-25|work=National Historic Landmark summary listing|publisher=National Park Service]
added = May 13, 1976cite web|url=http://www.nr.nps.gov/|title=National Register Information System|date=2007-01-23|work=National Register of Historic Places|publisher=National Park Service]
governing_body = NATIONAL AERONAUTICS & SPACE ADMINISTRATION
refnum=76000341

Redstone Test Stand is a structure at the George C. Marshall Space Flight Center in Huntsville, Alabama that is significant for its role in rocket development. It is 75 feet tall.

This steel frame structure was built in 1953 and is the oldest static firing facility at the Marshall Space Flight Center. It was important in the development of the Jupiter-C and Mercury/Redstone vehicles that launched the first U.S. satellite and the first U.S. manned spaceflight.

It was declared an Alabama Historic Civil Engineering Landmark in 1979.

It was declared a National Historic Landmark in 1985.citation|title=PDFlink| [http://pdfhost.focus.nps.gov/docs/NHLS/Text/76000341.pdf National Register of Historic Places Inventory-Nomination: Redstone Test Stand / Interim Test Stand] |461 KB|date=May 15, 1984 |first=Harry A. |last=Butowsky |publisher=National Park Service and PDFlink| [http://pdfhost.focus.nps.gov/docs/NHLS/Photos/76000341.pdf Accompanying 7 photos, from 1960, 1961, 1984 and undated.] |1.57 MB]

ee also

*List of National Historic Landmarks in Alabama

References

External links

* [http://www.nps.gov/history/nr/travel/aviation/ Aviation: From Sand Dunes to Sonic Booms, a National Park Service "Discover Our Shared Heritage" Travel Itinerary]