No longer structurally sound, as the rocket demonstrated with a thud, it was not a total loss. When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission. Here’s how it works. At ...

A roadside rocket display that for more than 40 years has stood as a welcome sign for drivers entering the state of Alabama is no longer safe to be left standing and should now be replaced, according ...

LIMESTONE COUNTY, Ala. (WHNT) — Work is moving ahead to remove the beloved but decaying Saturn 1B rocket from its longtime home at the Alabama-Tennessee state line. News 19 stopped by the rocket ...

This is an archived article and the information in the article may be outdated. Please look at the time stamp on the story to see when it was last updated. LIMESTONE COUNTY, Ala. (WHNT) — For 44 years ...

Everybody sings the praises of the Saturn V booster rocket that helped bring American boots onto the surface of the Moon, and rightfully so. But so often lost in translation in telling the story of ...

(WHTM) On July 15, 1975, two rockets blasted off into space. The Soviet Union’s Soyuz 19 launched from Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan at 8:20 a.m. EDT, carrying cosmonauts Alexey Leonov and Valery ...

SPRINGFIELD, Tenn. (WSMV) - Springfield Tennessee has a new piece of space history in town. On Tuesday, Robert Dillard with Gateway STEM Center went to the Marshall Space Flight Center in Huntsville, ...

SPRINGFIELD, Tenn. (WKRN) — Part of an iconic landmark that greeted beachgoers and travelers at the Tennessee-Alabama state line will now take its own trip down I-65 for a new home. Nearly 44 year ago ...

Bellcomm, Inc Technical Library Collection, Accession XXXX-0093, National Air and Space Museum, Smithsonian Institution. The Saturn I (originally called the Saturn C-1) was the first of the Saturn ...

IIIF provides researchers rich metadata and media viewing options for comparison of works across cultural heritage collections. Visit the IIIF page to learn more. This is a model of the test stand for ...

"A beacon to travelers along I-65 for many years, this rocket was not built to withstand more than 40 years of continuous exposure to the elements of nature." When you purchase through links on our ...