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PROPULSION AND STRUCTURAL
TEST FACILTY
(MARSHALL SPACE FLIGHT CENTER) HAS BEEN DESIGNATED A
NATIONAL HISTORIC LANDMARK
THIS SITE POSSESSES NATIONAL SIGNIFICANCE IN COMMEMORATING THE HISTORY OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA
1985
NATIONAL PARK SERVICE
UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
Propulsion & Structural Test Facility (1961)
Sponsored by NASA MSFC, this plaque is located at the Propulsion and Structural Test Facility on Redstone Arsenal, Alabama. The site is not accessible to the general public. The Propulsion and Structural Test Facility, developed in support of Jupiter missile development, was modified and used for testing on the first clustered engine stage in the American space program, the S- IB stage of the Saturn I launch vehicle. It was also used as the primary test stand for the development of the F-I engine, the largest liquid rocket engine ever developed. References 2 (No. 48, 49) and 96 give additional information about the testing of rockets and missiles at Redstone Arsenal.
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