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Topic: U.S. Space & Rocket Center: MSFC tours
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Robert Pearlman
Editor Posts: 42988
From: Houston, TX
Registered: Nov 1999
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posted 06-27-2012 06:49 AM
   
The Huntsville Times reports that the U.S. Space & Rocket Center in Alabama is set to restart public tours of NASA's Marshall Space Flight Center for the first time since 9/11. ...one stop on the tour will be at the International Space Station Payload Operations Center, which manages data coming to and from the space station. Another stop will be at the historic Redstone test stand, designated by the U.S. Department of the Interior's National Park Service as a National Historic Landmark.The tour, which will take about an hour, will also pass the engines displayed in front of Marshall's main administrative building and the Propulsion Research Development Laboratory, as well as some Army facilities, including the Sparkman Center and the Von Braun Complex. The center will use its three 48-passenger buses and a Handi-Ride van that's being donated to the center. The tours, which are set to begin on July 16, are open to U.S. citizens, and a photo ID for those 16 years and older is required to buy a ticket. |
p51
Member Posts: 1642
From: Olympia, WA
Registered: Sep 2011
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posted 06-27-2012 02:22 PM
Great news! I have heard that the tour will be included in Space Camp as well (as it was in the past). I'll be taking the tour in September when I'm there for the adult Space Camp (it only took 30 years after I first wanted to go to finally get there), can't wait to see it. |
MarylandSpace
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Registered: Aug 2002
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posted 07-25-2012 11:57 AM
I remember taking the bus tour around 1990 or so. The guide would point out and have us count the ground hogs on base.My favorite indoor exhibits at USSRC/MSFC are the 363' Saturn V and an early airplane flown in Alabama. I believe there is an Apollo capsule that you can see very closely. |
alanh_7
Member Posts: 1252
From: Ajax, Ontario, Canada
Registered: Apr 2008
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posted 05-28-2016 10:14 AM
I have a chance to visit the Marshall Space Flight Center in July but have heard that you must be a U.S. citizen to take part in the tour. Can anyone shed some light? Editor's note: Threads merged. |
Robert Pearlman
Editor Posts: 42988
From: Houston, TX
Registered: Nov 1999
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posted 05-28-2016 10:20 AM
Per the U.S. Space & Rocket Center, "all participants must be U.S. citizens."This is because Marshall Space Flight Center is situated on Redstone Arsenal, an active U.S. Army base. |
DeepSea
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Registered: Jun 2014
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posted 05-28-2016 10:26 AM
Unfortunate for some but understandable. |
drscoop
Member Posts: 54
From: Macclesfield, UK
Registered: Oct 2010
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posted 01-17-2019 09:57 AM
I may soom be heading across the Atlantic to Atlanta with work and hope to take a couple extra days to visit Huntsville. I was interested in the comments here and on the corresponding website regarding the "no foreign nationals on the tour bus."I found the following related commentary from a NASA spokesperson - "While on the installation, foreign nationals are required to be under escort of an appropriately badged employee. NASA can't provide the daily escorts, thus no foreign nationals." To my reading, this suggests that badged employees could, perhaps, escort a visitor with appropriate approval to see the historic sights on the base, in a similar manner to the limited bus tours of, say, Edwards AFB. Has anyone managed to accomplish this at MSFC, or have any advice on how it might be possible to get escorted onto base to see the key historic sites of my trip comes to fruition? |
drscoop
Member Posts: 54
From: Macclesfield, UK
Registered: Oct 2010
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posted 02-09-2019 05:18 AM
Just a short update- I tried to reach out to the MSFC staff to see if there might be an option to view the Redstone site, but was unfortunately told their staff are too few to spare someone for an accompanied visit.Still pondering a few other lines of enquiry, of anyone has any other thoughts? |
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