Rocket Propulsion Test Complex
- Rocket Propulsion Test Complex
Infobox_nrhp | name =Rocket Propulsion Test Complex
nrhp_type =nhl
caption = Static Test Firing S-1C Saturn V Mississippi Test Facility MTF
location= Bay St. Louis, Mississippi
locmapin = Mississippi
area =
built =1965
architect= NASA
architecture= No Style Listed
designated= October 03, 1985[cite web|url=http://tps.cr.nps.gov/nhl/detail.cfm?ResourceId=1922&ResourceType=Structure]
title=Rocket Propulsion Test Complex |accessdate=2007-10-19|work=National Historic Landmark summary listing|publisher=National Park Service]
added = October 03, 1985[cite web|url=http://www.nr.nps.gov/|title=National Register Information System|date=2007-01-23|work=National Register of Historic Places|publisher=National Park Service] ]
governing_body = NATIONAL AERONAUTICS & SPACE ADMINISTRATION
refnum=85002805
Rocket Propulsion Test Complex is a rocket testing complex.
It was declared a National Historic Landmark in 1985.[citation|title=PDFlink| [http://pdfhost.focus.nps.gov/docs/NHLS/Text/85002805.pdf National Register of Historic Places Inventory-Nomination: Rocket Propulsion Test Complex / A-1/A-2 B-1/B-2 Test Stands] |559 KB|date=May 15, 1984 |author=Harry A. Butowsky |publisher=National Park Service and PDFlink| [http://pdfhost.focus.nps.gov/docs/NHLS/Photos/85002805.pdf Accompanying 8 photos, from 1966, 1967, 1971, 1973, and 1977.] |1.76 MB] ]References
External links
* [http://www.nps.gov/history/nr/travel/aviation/ Aviation: From Sand Dunes to Sonic Booms, a National Park Service "Discover Our Shared Heritage" Travel Itinerary]
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