Category Archives: Rocket City Space Pioneers

Wednesday / 18 July 2018

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‘Rocket City’ Huntsville Gearing Up For Year-Long Celebration Of Apollo 11 Moon Landing

Huntsville, Alabama Plans Apollo 11 Lunar Landing Celebrations Throughout Entire 2019; Saturn V Rocket Developed In Huntsville Launched 16 July 1969 To Take Neil Armstrong, Buzz Aldrin, & Michael Collins To Moon; Space & Rocket Center Aims To Have 1 Million Guests From All Over The World In 2019; Mayor Tommy Battle Says Huntsville Still “Working On A Pivotal Role In Producing The New Engines That Will Take Us Back”; Astrobotic Selects Dynetics Of Huntsville As Provider Of Propulsion System For Peregrine Lunar Lander

Credits: Space & Rocket Center, Lee Roop, Astrobotic

Tuesday / 23 July 2013

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Moon Express Opens Huntsville AL Propulsion Development Facility

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New Moon Express (ME) Facility In Huntsville AL Now Operational Says Chief Propulsion Engineer Tim Pickens; Several Propulsion Milestones Already Achieved Including Test Firing Green 1780-Newton Demo Rocket Engine, Developing Mono-Prop & Bi-Prop Propulsion In 0.44-4450-Newton Thrust Class For ME Lander; ME Seeking To Land 1st Commercial Spacecraft On Moon In 2015

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Wednesday / 1 February 2012

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Rocket City Space Pioneers, Google Lunar X Prize Team From Huntsville Alabama, Announces ‘Name The Lander Contest’; 4th Grade Class That Submits Winning Name Will Receive Trip To Space Camp & US$500 Gift Certificate For Classroom Supplies; Contest Co-Sponsors: AL Tourism Department, ALDOE; Pictured: RCSP Team Leader Tim Pickens