A Road Trip for a Rocket
31 Jul 2020, 11:01 GMT
By Robert S. Arrighi
Topic: NASA History
Source URL: https://www.nasa.gov/history/a-road-trip-for-a-rocket-2/
General Dynamics delivered one of its Atlas rockets to Plum Brook Station (today, Armstrong Test Facility) on July 31, 1963 for a series of structural tests in the Dynamics Stand. The company created a special 64-foot long trailer to transport the missile from its plant in San Diego to Ohio. The journey required a police escort