11 Facts About Redstone Arsenal

Redstone Arsenal is a United States Army post and a census-designated place adjacent to Huntsville in Madison County, Alabama, United States and is part of the Huntsville-Decatur Combined Statistical Area.

The Redstone Arsenal is a garrison for various tenants across the Department of Defense, Department of Justice, and NASA.

The Redstone Arsenal CDP had a residential population of 837 as of the 2020 census.

The Redstone Arsenal served as the primary site for space launch vehicle design into the 1960s.

Redstone Arsenal contains extensive wetland areas associated with the Tennessee River and several local springs, much of which is maintained by the Wheeler National Wildlife Refuge.

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In early 1948, several buildings of Huntsville Redstone Arsenal were leased by the newly formed Keller Motors Corporation with the intention of establishing a major automobile manufacturing complex.

In March 1952, the commanding officer at Redstone Arsenal officially established the Provisional Redstone Ordnance School.

Redstone Arsenal then became an Army post, supporting the ABMA and, in the future, other agencies.

On 13 January 2021, it was announced that Redstone Arsenal is the preferred location for the headquarters of the United States Space Command.

Redstone Arsenal remains the center of testing, development, and doctrine for the Army's missile programs.

Redstone Arsenal continues to host the Marshall Space Flight Center, NASA's field center for propulsion analysis and development, which developed the Saturn rocket family in the 1960s and propulsion systems for the Space Shuttle in the 1970s and '80s.