Huntsville

Huntsville, Alabama (pop. 158,216; met. area pop. 342,376), is often called Rocket City, U.S.A. The Redstone Arsenal, the rocket and guided-missile center of the United States Army, lies just southwest of Huntsville. Wernher von Braun and other scientists developed the nation's first large guided missiles there during the 1950's. In the 1960's, von Braun's team designed the rockets that carried U.S. astronauts to the moon. Huntsville covers 154 square miles (399 square kilometers) in northern… More »