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On this day 53 years years ago, Americans launched to the Moon on the Saturn V rocket (left) through the Apollo program. Now, we are preparing to return to the lunar surface with the Space Launch System (right) through the Artemis program. Are you ready for liftoff?
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Starship has landed at the U.S. Space & Rocket Center! Visit our Dare to Explore: Frontiers of Space exhibit in the museum's main atrium to check out our latest model.
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We are deeply saddened to learn of the passing of Ken Mattingly, Apollo 16 Command Module Pilot. We are proud to display the capsule in which he made 64 lunar orbits during his mission. A Navy Rear Admiral, Mattingly was a graduate of Auburn University. God speed and War Eagle.
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The rocket will be red, white and blue for the foreseeable future as we stand strong with our community and face the challenges ahead.
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The U.S. Space & Rocket Center is saddened to learn of the passing of Gemini 7 and Apollo 8 Commander Frank Borman. Borman with his crew, Jim Lovell and Bill Anders, orbited the moon 10 times on Christmas Eve 1968, broadcasting images of the lunar surface back to Earth.
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We're looking forward to the release of
#Zero
, starring
@iamsrk
with
@AnushkaSharma
and directed by
@aanandlrai
, which was partially shot at the Rocket Center!
#ZeroPoster
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CEO Kimberly Robinson proudly announces a $10 million donation from
@rookisaacman
for an Inspiration4 Skills Training Center for
@SpaceCampUSA
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We are making major progress on the Pathfinder shuttle orbiter project. You might even say things are really starting to take shape.
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For 50 years, the U.S. Space & Rocket Center has been on a mission to inspire scientific exploration around the world, but we need your help.
Visit to learn how you can help
#SaveSpaceCamp
and the Rocket Center today!
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What an amazing piece of history! We’d love to give Bob and Doug’s booster a place of honor here at the U.S. Space & Rocket Center so visitors can see what a huge step forward represents. Marshall is NASA’s home center for Commercial Crew Launch.
The Falcon fleet’s life leading rocket completed its 19th and final launch and landing on December 23. This one reusable rocket booster alone launched to orbit 2 astronauts and more than 860 satellites — totaling 260+ metric tons — in ~3.5 years
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Tonight, we will light the Saturn V in honor of Huntsville Police Officer Garrett Crumby, who lost his life on duty, and for Officer Albert Morin, who was critically injured. We are deeply saddened by this tragic event and are grateful for all HPD does for us and our community.
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Today, we welcomed Boeing's Starliner pressure vessel and United Launch Alliance's Vulcan rocket home to our new feature exhibit, Dare to Explore: Frontiers of Space. Thank you to our friends
@Boeing
and
@ulalaunch
for contributing these icons articles to the heart of our museum!
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Turns out
@AlexPalou
isn’t just a great
@IndyCar
driver, he’s also a first-class space fan. Thanks for visiting, and good luck in the Grand Prix!
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Parents, PLEASE check your kids' Halloween candy for choking hazards this year. We just found a Saturn V in ours 🚀
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How do you clean a spacecraft without touching it? Watch as our experts painstakingly preserve a piece of history.
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Our effort to
#SaveSpaceCamp
just took one giant leap forwards thanks to
@Boeing
.
This generous gift, paired with your incredible grassroots support, brings us past $1.1 million. Help us as we soar to $1.5 million and beyond to Save Space Camp!
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IT'S HAPPENING! EVERYONE STAY CALM! ROCKETS ARE BEING ASSEMBLED IN ROCKET PARK!!!
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Happy Birthday, Artemis II Astronaut Christina Koch! We’re over the Moon about our five-time Space Camp alumna’s next mission!
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Attention photographers! In honor of Veterans Day, the Saturn V will be red, white, and blue.
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TO HONOR INTERNATIONAL CAPS LOCK DAY, HERE IS A PICTURE OF THE APOLLO 16 CAPSULE LOCK...
I'M SORRY ABOUT THE DAD JOKE; SOMEONE MADE ME DO IT.
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Happy solar eclipse day! Our INTUITIVE® Planetarium team was in Russellville, Ark., for today’s eclipse and captured this amazing moment at totality through a solar telescope.
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One of the cool things about the Rocket Center is when stars collide. It was a thrill today to host the crew of Polaris Dawn AND James Taylor, who is in town for a concert at The Orion.
@JamesTaylor_com
@TheOrionAmp
@PolarisProgram
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We weren't open for our 50th birthday today, but we added some sparkle to the vertical Saturn V to celebrate. You'll note some hints of green as a nod to St. Patrick's Day!
#RocketCenter50
#myRocketCenter
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50 Years! The U.S. Space & Rocket Center was established in 1970, and we'll be celebrating our 50th anniversary all year long in 2020!
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The U.S. Space & Rocket Center will begin lighting the vertical Saturn V replica tonight to mark the progress of the
#SaveSpaceCamp
fundraising campaign. Lights go on today at sunset to show the campaign has raised one-third of the minimum goal of $1.5 million in just two days.
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"As a young girl, Madison had a love of science and a dream to be a pilot and astronaut. Her parents encouraged her dreams, sending her to Space Camp when she was 13, where she met astronauts and fighter pilots."
Congratulations Madison Marsh AKA Miss America!
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Final reminder! Hayley Arceneaux will be here tomorrow at 10 a.m., to sign copies of her new memoir for young readers, "Wild Ride: My Journey from Cancer Kid to Astronaut."
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Today we launched to Save Space Camp. In the first 10 hours, we've raised more than $247,000. You have blown us away with your generous support, but we still have a long way to go. Together, we know we can save Space Camp and the U.S. Space & Rocket Center.
#SaveSpaceCamp
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The work on our new Rocket Park is really taking off! Pardon our space dust as we work to bring back our historic rockets, a portion of the SLS pathfinder, and so much more to a renovated and improved park.
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Work is underway for the first phase of a multi-year restoration project of the Pathfinder Space Shuttle Exhibit. For more information and to learn how you can help, visit
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WOW!
Last night's beautiful sunset was captured by Brian Matney!
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Exciting news! Work is underway on the exterior of Pathfinder as crews place 3-D printed panels on the restored hull of the artifact. It is going to be exciting as we get closer to returning Pathfinder to the full space shuttle stack. Check out these photos of the work so far!
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Nichele Nichols, pictured here in a
@SpaceCampUSA
shuttle simulator, was an inspiration to generations of space explorers.
She will be missed.
RIP Uhura.
(Photo credit
@BobGathany
)
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Oooh, we know this one! Thanks to
@Jeopardy
for featuring Huntsville and the Rocket Center on last night's show.
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We were honored to have NASA astronaut Victor Glover join us for the 30th anniversary of our Aviation Challenge® program. Victor, pictured here Tuskegee Airman Lt. Col. George Hardy, will be the first person of color to orbit the Moon when Artemis II takes place next year.
#BHM
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We're continuing to celebrate Native American Heritage Month by saluting NASA Astronaut Nicole Mann. She became the first Native American woman in space when she flew with SpaceX Crew-5 in October 2022.
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Seeing
#FirstMan
this weekend? Listen closely. The sounds of switches and clicks in the Apollo Command Module were recorded on-location at the U.S. Space & Rocket Center in Huntsville, AL. Neil Armstorng, Buzz Aldrin, and Micahel Collins visited the Rocket Center in 1989.
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We have begun preserving the Saturn I!
This week, the team began with pressure washing and sealing the 190-foot tall artifact, which has been at the U.S. Space & Rocket Center since June of 1969.
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We're fortunate to have a lot of folks visit. Particularly grateful that Bob Saget stopped by last July. He and his wife were genuinely nice and gracious guests. Condolences to family and friends.
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Happy birthday to Jared Isaacman, one of our biggest supporters! Many happy returns.
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What a great video from
@smartereveryday
,
@LinusTech
, and
@SpaceCampCur8r
!
We 💖 learning things with Luke!
New Video! The Engineer That Worked on the Computer That Controlled the Saturn V - Smarter Every Day 223 Featuring
@LinusTech
P.S. Luke Talley is awesome.
Thanks to
@SpaceCampUSA
for letting us film and
@SpaceCampCur8r
for facilitating!
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We are excited to open the newest featured exhibit at the U.S. Space & Rocket Center, "Dare to Explore: Milestones to Mars." Thank you
@LockheedMartin
for your support of our mission to inspire the next generation of explorers.
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Thanks to all the
@NASAArtemis
fans that came out to Toyota Field and helped us welcome
@NASA_Orion
home with the
@trashpandas
! From launch to splashdown, the Rocket Center team has loved sharing this mission with you ❤️
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Thank you, supporters! Donors from all 50 states, Washington D.C., the Virgin Islands, Puerto Rico and 26 countries outside of the US and its territories have contributed to
#SaveSpaceCamp
. We are moving forward but have a long way to go. Please continue to donate and share.
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We were very excited to have special guests Colin Baker & Frazer Hines visiting us today!
@SawbonesHex
@WhoFrazer
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The U.S. Space & Rocket Center is saddened to hear of the passing of Ret. Astronaut John Glenn. His legacy will continue to inspire us all.
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Liked our
#Apollo50
Rocket Launch? We encourage you to be a part of the
#GlobalRocketLaunch
and launch your own today!
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Today, we are celebrating your commitment to
#SaveSpaceCamp
! In just seven days, you've helped raise $1.5 million to ensure that we will open Space Camp again in the Spring. Now let’s make sure it continues to thrive for generations to come.
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The U.S. Space & Rocket Center officially opened on this date in 1970! We are celebrating our birthday and 51 amazing years of inspiring the future by looking at how Huntsville came to be the Rocket City.
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The renovated Rocket Park is continuing to take shape, and we have heard rumors that more rockets may be returning this week. Look for another update soon!
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A1: Our most famous throwback photo, however, is of Apollo 11 Astronauts Buzz Aldrin, Michael Collins, Neil Armstrong, and NASA Director Thompson at the Rocket Center.
#iHeartHSV
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The U.S. Space & Rocket Center is proud to be a Smithsonian affiliate museum. Fun fact: Did you know the National Historic Landmark Saturn V on display at the Rocket Center is the Smithsonian’s largest artifact?
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The U.S. Space & Rocket Center turns 51 on March 17, and throughout March we will be sharing vintage photos from our first 50 years. Do you have photos from your visits to the Rocket Center? We would love to see them!
#HappyBirthdayRocketCenter
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The Rocket Center is open and we are dedicated to making sure your visit is out of this world. Thank you to all who supported
#SaveSpaceCamp
to ensure the Rocket Center will remain open. Now let’s continue the mission to make sure the center thrives.
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You may know we need your help to
#SaveSpaceCamp
and the U.S. Space and Rocket Center, but did you know that almost 1,000,000 students have been a part of Space Camp?
Please visit and help us reach mission accomplished.
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This Independence Day, take a step back and cherish your life and the country you live in while celebrating America's spirit of exploration.
We hope you have a safe and happy holiday!
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Happy
#InternationalMuseumDay
!
We are incredibly thankful for all of you and we can't wait until we can safely open and see you!
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Happy Birthday to Perseverance, which snapped this selfie using a camera on its robotic arm in the Three Forks area of Jezero Crater on Mars!
We edited the photo a little 🥳
Speaking of forks, what kind of cake would you make to celebrate the rover's second birthday on Mars?
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Guess who landed at the Rocket Center just in time for Labor Day weekend. Visit Ingenuity and Perseverance in the land of blue sunsets--for a limited time at the U.S. Space & Rocket Center.
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Happy birthday to us! Come visit today and receive a free Moon Pie as our treat to YOU on our 54th birthday.
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We posted recently about our Underwater Astronaut Trainer undergoing a major renovation, and a commenter asked for an update. Well, Mike, we'd say things are going swimmingly.
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When an explosion occurred on the Apollo 13 mission, astronauts John Young and Charlie Duke used the Lunar Module simulator now on display at the Rocket Center to find a solution to get the Apollo 13 team home. Young and Duke later went to the moon on the Apollo 16 mission.
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Last week, we talked about the anniversary of the launch of the Gemini 7. Today is the anniversary of the launch of Gemini 6A with astronauts Wally Schirra and Thomas Stafford aboard. The two piloted their spacecraft to within a foot of Gemini 7 for the first rendezvous in space.
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Today, we held our first full graduation ceremonies in our new Space Camp Operations Center. Congratulations to all our graduates and welcome to our alumni family of more than 1 million!
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We just officially broke ground on our Rocket Park renovation. This seems like a good time to reflect on what the park looked like before. We can't wait for you to see how the new park will look next year!
#TBT
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The Rocket Center will light the vertical Saturn V blue, the color of Davidson Technologies’ logo, in honor of Dr. Davidson’s legacy of support for the Rocket Center and her community.
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Our Underwater Astronaut Trainer staff is putting the finishing touches on the renovation. We'll have news about the official reopening of the UAT soon!
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The sunset was stunning in Huntsville this evening!
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We have our fingers crossed for an Artemis 2 launch in 2024. What space events are you looking forward to this year?
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If you live in Alabama, then you know today is the Iron Bowl, which is practically a state holiday. Here is a space fact for all the football fans out there! The ISS is almost the same size as an American football field. What sports do you think they’ll play in space one day?
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In thanks for their perseverance and hard work during a tough 2020, the U.S. Space & Rocket Center is offering discounted admission during designated weeks to essential workers and their families. For more information, visit .
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We are honored to welcome
@VP
to Huntsville for an important meeting on the future of space exploration.
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The Pathfinder Restoration Project moved forward today, lifting the Pathfinder shuttle orbiter off the external tank. After weeks of preparation, 2 cranes lifted the 127K lbs. shuttle test article to the ground. We will work with
@NASA_Marshall
to evaluate the interior structure.
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In closing tonight’s
#Apollo50th
Homecoming Dinner and Celebration, we present the future: the great-grandchildren of NASA Astronaut and first American in space, Alan Shepard.
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One of our NASA Emeritus Docents, Mike Stallcup, took this amazing photo of a rainbow over the Saturn I rocket yesterday afternoon!
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Happy St. Patrick's Day from the U.S Space & Rocket Center! ☘️
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Hey SpaceX, if you're looking for a 20th mission for Falcon 9 B1058, how about inspiring future generations of astronauts and engineers? We can help with that!
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A is for Astronomy
B is for Binary Star System
C is for Composition
Check out this beautiful downloadable interactive booklet from
@NASA_TESS
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She's here!
#LucianaVega
is now available in the U.S. Space & Rocket Center gift shop. Stop by any day, 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. to pick up
@american_girl
’s Girl of the Year!
#CharacterCounts
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Visitors here are jazzed about all things SpaceX. We have a flown SpaceX suit and a large-scale Starship model on display already. We don’t yet have a booster, but we’ve got plenty of space for one.
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The next generation of space explorers at
@spacecampusa
cheered on the first all-civilian orbital crew launch. Congratulations
@inspiration4
and good luck on your mission.
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It was great to host
@mrcraigrobinson
and his team today before their shows tonight at
@standuplivehsv
!!
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The Alabama Space Science Exhibit Commission is pleased to announce the selection of Dr. Kimberly Robinson as Executive Director and CEO of the U.S. Space & Rocket Center. A 31-year veteran of NASA, Dr. Robinson will assume her role on Feb. 15, 2021.
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Join Chris Sembroski for an Astronaut Chat, Thursday, July 13, at 6:30 p.m.
Sembroski served as Mission Specialist for Inspiration4, the first all-civilian mission to orbit the Earth. He and and his crew mates spent three days in space.
Tickets are $5
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In 1969,
#Apollo11
landed on the moon. Featured are Apollo 11 Astronauts
@RocketCenterUSA
in 1989.
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Yesterday Boeing stepped in to bring
#SpaceSpaceCamp
closer to our goal. Together, we can reach mission accomplished and save this place we all love.
Help us reach $1.5 million and beyond by visiting today!
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.
@ThinkerCon
was a blast! We loved being a part of such an awesome educational event alongside
@YouTube
and
@Go2HuntsvilleAL
!
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For 30 years, we’ve trained the best and the brightest at our Aviation Challenge program. We celebrated that history with special guests, including two Tuskegee Airmen and
@AstroVicGlover
. We salute their service and thank them for inspiring our students.
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