| NASA Center: |
Stennis Space Center |
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| Image # : |
66-4271 |
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| Date : |
01/01/1966
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Title
Rocket Barge on the Pearl River
Full Description
During the early 1970's French settlers once cautiously sailed up the beautiful
Pearl River in Hancock County looking for a New World home. Later, swashbuckling
pirates took refuge in this historic stream in South Mississippi after raiding
merchant ships.
Today, a different cargo leaves a wake in the blue waters en route to National
Aeronautics and Space Administration's Mississippi Test Facility. The huge barge
being pushed above contains the free world's largest rocket booster, on its way
to the national rocket testing facility for extensive captive firings. Later
versions of this huge rocket, first satge of the Apollo/Saturn V, will boost the
first Americans to the Moon.
Keywords
Pearl River Mississippi Test Facility Saturn V
Subject Category
Rocket Propulsion, Historical-Stennis, Saturn V,
Reference Numbers
- Center:
SSC
- Center Number:
66-4271
- GRIN DataBase Number:
GPN-2000-003014
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