Mississippi Coast Region

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NASA

Description

This color picture postcard features the NASA S-II-T being lowered into the test stand at NASA's Mississippi test facility in Hancock County, Mississippi. The back of the postcard featuring the S-II-T identifies the item as a postcard and provides publisher information as well as indication for correspondence and address placement. The description in the upper left reads "Bay St. Louis, Miss.--The all-system test model of the S-II (second stage of the Saturn V space vehicle), known as the S-II-T, is lowered into its test stand at NASA's Mississippi Test Facility in Hancock County, Mississippi, where it was first static fired April 23, 1966. From Mississippi, the S-II flight stages will be shipped by barge to Cape Kennedy, Florida for launch. Official NASA Photo."

Publication Date

1960

Time Period

1960-1969

Subjects

Postcards; Bay St. Louis, MS ; Picture postcard

Geographic Location

Bay St. Louis, MS

Object Type

image

Format (original)

postcard

Format (digital)

PDF

Digital ID

MSS_837_Postcard_Bay-St-Louis-Official-NASA-Photo_001

Source

Mississippi State University Libraries, Manuscripts Division, Lucius Marion Lampton, MD Historical Images Collection, Mississippiana Collection, Gulf Coast Sub-Collection

Repository

Manuscripts

Digital Publisher

Mississippi State University Libraries (electronic version)

Rights

Copyright protected by Mississippi State University Libraries. Use of materials from this collection beyond the exceptions provided for in the Fair Use and Educational Use clauses of the U.S. Copyright Law may violate federal law. Permission to publish or reproduce is required.

Contact Information

For more information about the contents of this collection, email sp_coll@library.MSState.edu.

NASA S-II-T Being Lowered Into the Test Stand at NASA's Mississippi Test Facility in Hancock County, Mississippi

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