The U.S. Space & RocketCenterusa formally broke ground on a new $7.9 million rocket park, one intended to paint the picture of Huntsville's space history and applaud those who worked to make it happen.
, while ceremonial, intends to preserve Huntsville’s rocket history for future generations.
It’s a $7.9 million project, according to rocket center CEO Kimberly Robinson, to build a new home worthy of preserving that history. That hall of fame and all of its history, ever evolving with NASA’s new missions, will include a piece of the present as well. In addition to past rockets that had previously populated the original rocket park, the rocket center announced Thursday that a section of the SLS Core Stage Pathfinder, a mock-up that matches the size, weight, and center of gravity of the Space Launch System that is managed by Marshall Space Flight Center.
Tying it all together will be a garden-like, “guest-friendly” setting that will also include an amphitheater for educational classes. “We are now ready to re-erect these beautifully refurbished rockets,” Robinson said. “Over the course of the next year, this entire area will be transformed as we create a park-like atmosphere for our museum visitors, our Space Camp trainees and the community. We will have a place to learn how Huntsville charted the way to the moon and how it is doing so again today.
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