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I grew up in Huntsville, AL, in the 60s. Von Braun lived there and the Saturn V engines were tested there. The Stennis test stand was built for the Shuttle engi
by rootbear 7y ago
I grew up in Huntsville, AL, in the 60s. Von Braun lived there and the Saturn V engines were tested there. The Stennis test stand was built for the Shuttle engines, I think. The test stand was south of Huntsville, on the banks of the Tennessee river. When they tested the F-1 we could hear it at our house on the north side of the city and it would shake the dishes in the kitchen cabinets.
- larrydag 7y agoTesting at Stennis started in the 60's. I know they tested at Hunstville but I thought Huntsville is where they did the Saturn V assembly. https://www.nasa.gov/centers/stennis/pdf/428016main_FS-2010-02-00087-SSC.pdf https://www.nasa.gov/centers/stennis/pdf/428016main_FS-2010-...
- rootbear 7y agoCool, I didn't know the Stennis site was that old. It looks like the F-1 was tested at several facilities. I found the link below to a Library of Congress document on the Huntsville site, which I'll have to read later. https://www.loc.gov/resource/hhh.al1331.sheet https://www.loc.gov/resource/hhh.al1331.sheet
- larrydag 7y agoActually Von Braun was probably mostly in Marshall FC but during the early engine testing they said he was in Stennis a lot.