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5 unusual facts about Redstone


Project Vanguard

The Vanguard "Satellite Launch Vehicle", a term invented for the operational SLV rockets as opposed to the Test Vehicle TV versions, was a much smaller and lighter launcher than the Redstone-based Jupiter-C/Juno 1 rocket which launched the Explorer satellites, or the immense R-7 that the Soviets used to launch the early Sputniks.

Redstone Coke Oven Historic District

The Redstone Coke Oven Historic District is located at the intersection of State Highway 133 and Chair Mountain Stables Road outside Redstone, Colorado, United States.

Redstone Inn

The Redstone Inn is located on Redstone Boulevard in Redstone, Colorado, United States.

A large part of the venture was the construction of a planned company town at Redstone, where the coke ovens were.

Redstone, Colorado

Construction of Cleveholm Manor, which was designed by New York architects Boal and Harnois, began in 1897 and was completed in 1901.


A Night Out

A Night Out (musical) (1920); book by Arthur Miller and George Grossmith, Jr., music by Willie Redstone and lyrics by Clifford Grey

Army Ballistic Missile Agency

In March 1958, ABMA was placed under the new Army Ordnance Missile Command (AOMC) along with Redstone Arsenal, the Jet Propulsion Laboratory, White Sands Proving Ground, and the Army Rocket and Guided Missile Agency (ARGMA).

Crawford Market

The structure was built using coarse buff coloured Kurla stone, with redstone from Bassein.

Hanover Theatre for the Performing Arts

After another change of ownership, Sumner Redstone and Redstone Theaters purchased the building in 1967 opening it as Showcase Cinemas and continued operations as a multiscreen movie house until 1998 when Redstone's National Amusements closed the theatre.

Ilgachuz Range

Itcha Ilgachuz Provincial Park is extremely remote and unroaded; the closest communities are Anahim Lake, Alexis Creek, Nimpo Lake, Redstone, and Nazko.

Launch Complex 5

Cape Canaveral Air Force Station Launch Complex 5, a site used for various Redstone and Jupiter launches

Launch Complex 6

Cape Canaveral Air Force Station Launch Complex 6, a launch site which was used by Redstone and Jupiter series rockets and missiles

M. Frederick Hawthorne

He conducted postdoctoral research at Iowa State University before joining the Redstone Arsenal Research Division of the Rohm and Haas Company in Huntsville, Alabama.

Madison County, Alabama

They developed, among others, the Redstone rocket, which was modified to launch the first two Americans into space.

Mercury 1

Mercury-Redstone 1A, a sub-orbital test of the Redstone rocket and Mercury spacecraft

Mercury-Redstone 1, a sub-orbital test of the Redstone rocket and Mercury spacecraft, which failed about a second after launch

Mercury-Redstone 3

The Mercury-Redstone 3 mission was dramatized in the HBO miniseries From the Earth to the Moon episode "Can We Do This?" (starring Ted Levine as Alan Shepard), as well as in Tom Wolfe's book The Right Stuff, and Philip Kaufman's movie The Right Stuff based on the book.

Michael Redstone

Michael Redstone, born Michael Rothstein, was the founder of the Northeast Theater Corporation which become National Amusements, Inc.

National Amusements

National Amusements is now owned by Michael Redstone's son, Sumner Redstone, who holds 80% of the company, and Sumner's daughter, Shari Redstone, who owns the remaining 20%.

Osgood Gamekeeper's Lodge

The Osgood Gamekeeper's Lodge is located along State Highway 133 near Redstone, Colorado, United States.

Redstone Arsenal

At a 1954 meeting of the Spaceflight Committee of the American Rocket Society, von Braun proposed placing a satellite into orbit using the Redstone with clusters of small solid-fuel rockets on top.

Redstone Creek

The river crossing and flats at Redstone Creek, the earliest point and shortest distance the choices a wagon road descent could follow (later in the war, fortified as Fort Burd, now Brownsville) was one of several possible destinations.

Redstone fm

Redstone FM is a local DAB only radio station covering the whole of Surrey, parts of North Sussex and South London.

Redstone Science Fiction

Redstone Science Fiction (often called Redstone SF) has published fiction by Cory Doctorow, Mary Robinette Kowal, Ken MacLeod, Cat Rambo, Hannu Rajaniemi, Vylar Kaftan, Lavie Tidhar, and others.

Seal of Vermont

The original metal dies for the first seal of Vermont are stored at the Secretary of State's office at Redstone, a large red brick and sandstone Queen Anne style house at Montpelier.

Somerset Collection

A one floor, upscale "Somerset Mall" designed by Louis G. Redstone Associates, was built onto the existing Saks, anchored by it and a new Bonwit Teller.

Tanacharison

A third and accurate account of the Jumonville Glen encounter was told to Jumonville's half-brother, Captain Louis Coulon de Villiers, by a deserter at the mouth of Redstone Creek during his expedition to avenge his brother's murder.

WAHR

Some of the station operators were servicemen stationed at Redstone Arsenal and promotional literature included a letter from Dr. Wernher von Braun complimenting the station on its classical music programs.


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