Rapid Aerostat Initial Deployment System (RAID)

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Dynamic Structural Test Facility

Building

Photo: NASA, Public domain.

Saturn V dynamic test stand, also known as dynamic structural test facility, at the George C. Marshall Space Flight Center in Huntsville, Alabama is the test stand used for testing of the Saturn V rocket and the Space Shuttle prior to the vehicles' first flights. Dynamic Structural Test Facility is situated 2,500 feet west of Rapid Aerostat Initial Deployment System (RAID).

Marshall Space Flight Center

Research institute

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Marshall Space Flight Center, located in Redstone Arsenal, Alabama, is the U.S. government's civilian rocketry and spacecraft propulsion research center. Marshall Space Flight Center is situated 1½ miles northwest of Rapid Aerostat Initial Deployment System (RAID).

Interim Test Stand

Building

Photo: Carol M. Highsmith, Public domain.

The Redstone Test Stand or Interim Test Stand was used to develop and test fire the Redstone missile, Jupiter-C sounding rocket, Juno I launch vehicle and Mercury-Redstone launch vehicle. Interim Test Stand is situated 4,200 feet west of Rapid Aerostat Initial Deployment System (RAID).

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