Propulsion and Structural Test Facility
The Propulsion and Structural Test Facility, also known as Building 4572 and the Static Test Stand, is a rocket testing facility of the George C. Marshall Space Flight Center in Huntsville, Alabama.| Tap on a place to explore it |
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Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Dynamic Structural Test Facility and Interim Test Stand.
Dynamic Structural Test Facility
Building
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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 2,100 feet north of Propulsion and Structural Test Facility.
Interim Test Stand
Building
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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 3,500 feet northwest of Propulsion and Structural Test Facility.
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 2 miles north of Propulsion and Structural Test Facility.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Triana and Lily Flagg.
Triana
Town
Triana is a municipality in southwest Madison County, Alabama, United States, and is included in the Huntsville-Decatur, AL Combined Statistical Area. The population was 2,890 at the 2020 census, and was estimated to be 4,936 in 2024. Triana is situated 5 miles southwest of Propulsion and Structural Test Facility.
Lily Flagg
Hamlet
Signal's Lily Flagg 31035, also spelled Flag, was a Jersey cow, the top butter producer in the world in 1892, owned by W. E. Matthews and General Samuel H. Lily Flagg is situated 6 miles east of Propulsion and Structural Test Facility.
Propulsion and Structural Test Facility
- Type: Facility
- Category: geographical feature
- Location: Madison, Alabama, South, United States, North America
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