John J. Sparkman Center for Missile Excellence
John J. Sparkman Center for Missile Excellence is in Madison, Alabama. John J. Sparkman Center for Missile Excellence is situated nearby to Retention pond, as well as near the government building Von Braun IV.Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Marshall Space Flight Center and Interim Test Stand.
Marshall Space Flight Center
Research institute
Photo: Wikimedia, Public domain.
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 west of John J. Sparkman Center for Missile Excellence.
Interim Test Stand
Tower
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 2 miles southwest of John J. Sparkman Center for Missile Excellence.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Lily Flagg and Huntsville.
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 4 miles east of John J. Sparkman Center for Missile Excellence.
Huntsville
Huntsville is in northern Alabama, about 20 miles from the border with Tennessee. The city is a center for missile defense and aerospace technologies, with companies like Boeing, Lockheed Martin, Raytheon, and Northrop Grumman having major operations here.
John J. Sparkman Center for Missile Excellence
- Type: Industry
- Also known as: “Sparkman Center”
- Location: Madison, Alabama, South, United States, North America
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Latitude
34.64991° or 34° 38′ 60″ northLongitude
-86.63345° or 86° 38′ 0″ westNamed after
John SparkmanOpen location code
866MJ9X8+XJOpenStreetMap ID
way 503595963OpenStreetMap feature
landuse=industrial
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