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Huntsville Timeline
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Explorer 1
more than four months after Sputnik, Von Braun's team launched a Jupiter-C rocket from Cape Canaveral, Fla. The rocket carried Explorer I, America's first satellite. -
First 7 Astronauts
NASA announces plans for Project Mercury and chose the first seven astronauts. -
Marshall Center Opens
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MSFC tested Redstone rocket
The Marshall Center provided the Redstone launch vehicle for Freedom 7. The launch vehicle placed Alan Shepard, the first American astronaut, in suborbit on May 5, 1961. -
President Keenedy sets goal of lunar landing
President Kennedy Sets Goal of Man's Lunar Landing Within a Decade. (month and day not given) -
Unmanned Saturn Launch
1st launch of a Saturn in 1967 (month and day not given) -
SaturnV rocket launch
A total of 13 SaturnV rockets were launched from 1967-1973 -
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SaturnV Launch
A total of 13 SaturnV rockets were launched from 1967-1973 -
Apollo 11
Apollo 11 was the first space craft to land humans on the moon. -
Apollo 15
Apollo 15 was the first mission to use LRV to travel on the moon -
Skylab
Skylab became the free world's first space station funded by Marshall providing the hardware and experiments for the Skylab program. (day not given) -
HEAO
High-Energy Astronomy Observatory (HEAO) spacecraft. The missions focused on some of the most intresting mysteries of the universe: pulsars, black holes, neutron stars and super nova. (month and day not given). -
Space Shuttle
Marshall's role in developing the Space Shuttle came when the orbiter Enterprise arrived at the Mated Vertical Ground Vibration Test (MVGVT) series. (month and day not given) -
EASE
EASE (Experimental Assembly of Structures in Extravehicular Activity). Nasa examined ways to build structures in space.
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Huntsville Operational Support Center
Huntsville Operational Support Center activated for shuttle launch. (month and day not given) -
Chandra Xray Observatory
Chandra is the world's most powerful X-ray telescope. It has eight-times greater resolution and is able to detect sources more than 20-times fainter than any previous X-ray telescope.( month and day not given).
