Saturn V Tribute - Murfreesboro TN - Space Flight Memorials and Exhibits on Waymarking.com

The plaque reads:
On November 9, 1967, the first successful launch of an unmanned Saturn V occurred. This powerful rocket became the launch vehicle for the Apollo and Skylab 1 missions. Its most notable launch propelled the Apollo 11 crew towards the moon for the first steps of man beyond the earth.

On May 17, 2005, Hobgood Elementary School was selected as a NADA Explorer School. This replica was dedicated on May 21, 2006 in honor of the schools 50th Anniversary and Hobgood becoming a NASA Explorer School.

Its construction was made possible through generous donations of manpower and funds.

~~~FLIGHT CREW~~~
Ernest Victory, MCS Maintenance Dept
Fred Appel and Quality Industries
Mitch Arnold and S&W Construction
Neal Brown, Mike Meachum, and Roscoe Brown, Inc
Christopher young, MCS Maintenance Dept
Jim "Bubba" Victory, Quality Industries
Chuck Saunders and Wiser Company
Lewis Snyder, Studio S. Pottery
Mike Jones, MCS Maintenance Dept
Gerald Suess, MCS Maintenance Dept
Chick Knitter, Hobgood Elementary
The Very Idea


~~~GROUND CREW~~~
Principal Barbara Sales, Hobgood Elementary
Marilyn Matthis, Director of MCS
Hobgood's PTO, Glenn Johnson, President
Ty Broadbent, Acme Inc
Doug young, City Council
Richard Grantz and Dreamscapes
Larry Willeford, Supervisor MCS Maintenance Dept
David Hopper, Chairman MCS School Board
Gregg Boles, Boles Constuction
MTSU's Concrete Management Program
Dan Maxwell, Engineer
The NASA Explorer School's Program
~~~~~~~Remember to "Reach for the Stars!~~~~~~



The Saturn V was an American human-rated expendable rocket used by NASA between 1966 and 1973. It was developed to support the Apollo program for human exploration of the Moon, and was later used to launch Skylab, the first American space station.

The Saturn V was launched 13 times from the Kennedy Space Center in Florida with no loss of crew or payload. As of 2016, the Saturn V remains the tallest, heaviest, and most powerful rocket ever brought to operational status, and holds records for the heaviest payload launched and largest payload capacity to low Earth orbit (LEO).

To date, the Saturn V remains the only launch vehicle to launch missions to carry humans beyond low Earth orbit. A total of 15 flight-capable vehicles were built, but only 13 were flown. An additional three vehicles were built for ground testing purposes. A total of 24 astronauts were launched to the Moon, three of them twice, in the four years spanning December 1968 through December 1972.

Size:
Height 363.0 ft (110.6 m)
Diameter 33.0 ft (10.1 m)
Mass 6,540,000 lb (2,970,000 kg)[4]
Stages 3

Hours: Located at an elementary school near the main entrance. Try not to visit during regular school hours. Fee (if no fee, enter 'none'): none How Long a Hike: less than 50ft Amount of time an average person would spend here: Less than an hour Accessible?: yes Location is wheelchair accessible?: Yes

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