NASA’s Marshall Space Flight Center celebrated its 50^th birthday in Huntsville, with a small ceremony last week.

President Dwight Eisenhower first dedicated Marshall on September 8^th 1960. Marshall has contributed or lead almost every American space milestone from the early Gemini rockets to the solid rocket boosters that have lifted the space shuttle for decades. Today, more than 7,500 people work for Marshall and its related contractors in Huntsville.

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