This is an informal timeline for the U.S. Space & Rocket Center, and I would like to make it more formal and complete - your help is appreciated.
What to contribute
editFor something to be included in the article, it will need to be referenced from a reputable source. To include it in this list, I ask only that it be relevant to the history of the museum, not necessarily sourced, because this list will be a list of things to look up before it's a list of documented facts.
Feel free to contribute more information and more detailed information.
What I've done so far
editI have photos of the newspaper clippings from the Huntsville Heritage Room at the Huntsville/Madison County Library. They are quite spotty (they don't cover such things as what's in the museum at opening or delivery of rockets to the museum or a hundred other things that would have warranted articles) and clippings end in 1999. I plan to visit the library again in July, but if have or can find some information before then, I'd be most appreciative.
The timeline
edit- Delivery of the Saturn V and Saturn I to the museum, Saturday, June 28, 1969, [1] including S-IC-D, S-IVB-D, and S-II-D, the latter two just removed from the dynamic test stand. Painting of S-IB preceded its delivery, and S-IV received some modifications for display.[2] F-1 engines were installed on S-IC-D in mid-September, 1969. [3]
- Article(s) heralding the opening of the museum, on or prior to March 7 (soft opening date) or March 17, 1970, the dedication date.
- Some 1982ish pics
- Miss Baker's death and interment, Nov 20, 1984 et seq
- Space Shot showcased May 24, 1996 - [4] Check for news on or just before Feb 18, 1996. Ride was new for '96.
- Star Trek 30th - September 8-9, 1996 [1]
- 1998-99 construction of vertical Saturn V
- ASSEC house cleaning before and including Nov 24, 1999 [2]
Directors' dates
editSpace Camp Alumni
edit- Callan Chythlook-Sifsof is the Olympic snowboarder and alumna
- Lori Garver is an alumna
- Stephanie Abrams from the weather channel is an alumna
- Brooke Baldwin, CNN anchor [5]
Other notes
edit- QUEST - USSRC staff newsletter 2005-present
References
edit- ^ von Braun, Wernher (2010), The Rocket Man: Wernher von Braun: The Man Who Took America to the Moon: His Weekly Notes: 1961-1969 (DVD), Steward & Wise Music Publishing, p. NOTES 6-30-69 SIEBEL, ISBN 978-1-935001-27-0
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- ^ Roop, Lee (2011-06-02). "Space Camp kids tell CNN anchor Brooke Baldwin not to worry because exploration will go on". The Huntsville Times. Retrieved 2011-06-02.