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More than 150,000 expected for Center's "biggest event ever"

HUNTSVILLE, AL -- The Rocket City will take on a futuristic look next summer as the U.S. Space & Rocket Center brings one of the world’s most popular exhibits to the Tennessee Valley.

By Kenneth Kesner
November 13, 2009, 10:10AM

HUNTSVILLE, AL -- From the early 1940s into the early '60s, Huntsville went through an extreme makeover.

HUNTSVILLE, AL – Alabama’s top tourist attraction will adopt a seasonal operating schedule during the winter months of 2009-2010.

By KARI HAWKINS
Staff Writer, Redstone Rocket
kari.hawkins@us.army.mil

Pingpong balls and lava lamps brought the lessons of microgravity down to earth for sixth and seventh grade students who visited educator William Heard’s mini-science lab at the U.S. Space & Rocket Center during the third annual Space and Missile Defense Student Day.

by Staff Sgt. Daylena Gonzalez
Air Force Space Command Public Affairs

Huntsville site of August, 2010 Congressional Medal of Honor Gala

By Patricia C. McCarter, The Huntsville Times
October 06, 2009, 12:20PM

HUNTSVILLE, AL – Imagine two dozen youngsters stepping off the school bus and standing in front of the charred remains of their community library, the building that had also housed the Boys & Girls Club. Until the fire, this had been where they went every afternoon to study, complete their homework, for tutoring and other programs.

HUNTSVILLE, Alabama – One of the 20th-century icons, the 37-story Saturn V Moon Rocket, will be transformed into the world’s largest collaborative public art project – the Dream Rocket.

From: Press Office
Sent: Thursday, September 10, 2009 12:08 PM
Subject: Gov. Riley Orders Flags at Half-Staff on 9-11 Anniversary

OFFICE OF GOVERNOR BOB RILEY

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: SEPTEMBER 10, 2009

Governor Riley Orders Flags at Half-Staff on 9-11 Anniversary

NASA selects two Space Camp grads for the astronaut corps

HUNTSVILLE, AL - Could a Space Camp grad be the next person to step foot on the moon? It’s possible! NASA has chosen two Space Camp graduates for their 2009 Astronaut Candidate Class.