Huntsville, Alabama · Space Capital

ROCKET CITY

The famous nickname honoring Huntsville's central role in America's space program.

About Rocket City

Rocket City is the famous nickname of Huntsville, Alabama, honoring the city's central role in America's space program. Huntsville earned the name through the work of Wernher von Braun's first rocket team, which developed the rockets that carried Americans to the Moon.

Rockets That Carried Us to the Moon

Saturn V SA-500D rocket displayed at the US Space and Rocket Center in Huntsville, Alabama
Photo: Saturn V SA-500D, US Space and Rocket Center, Huntsville, AL, by Naomi Persephone Amethyst, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons
Full-scale 1:1 Saturn V replica on display at the US Space & Rocket Center in Huntsville, Alabama
Photo: Saturn V 1-1 Replica, US Space and Rocket Center, Huntsville, AL, by Naomi Persephone Amethyst, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons

At the US Space and Rocket Center

Huntsville's space legacy is on display at the US Space and Rocket Center, home to landmarks of the space program.

Space Shuttle Pathfinder stack at the US Space and Rocket Center in Huntsville, Alabama
Photo: Space Shuttle Pathfinder Stack, US Space and Rocket Center, Huntsville, by Naomi Persephone Amethyst, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons
View of the US Space and Rocket Center in Huntsville, Alabama
Photo: U.S. Space and Rocket Center (33832309686) (cropped), by formulanone from Huntsville, United States, CC BY-SA 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons

Come See Where the Moon Missions Began

Discover the rockets that carried Americans to the Moon, right here in Huntsville — the Rocket City.

Visit Rocket City