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Speedy Visits Marshall Space Flight Center

  1. bvertz Oct 6, 2016

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    IMG_4481.JPG U.S. Space & Rocket Center at Redstone Arsenal in Huntsville, Alabama

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    Payload Operations Center monitors scientific experiments performed by astronauts on board the International Space Station. This control room is continuously in touch with ISS and Ground Control in Houston.
     
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  2. noelekal Home For Wayward Watches Oct 6, 2016

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    I need to go see this.
     
  3. bvertz Oct 6, 2016

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    German culture was transplanted in the Deep South when Wernher Von Braun and 100 German rocket scientists were brought to Huntsville in the 1950s.
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    Hence, Oktoberfest at U.S. Space & Rocket Center on Thursdays.

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  4. alam Oct 6, 2016

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    That's a cool place worthy of spending couple of hours :thumbsup: the other place to visit not far away from the Marshall Center (about six miles away) is the US Space & Rocket Center! http://rocketcenter.com/
     
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