Elkmont in Limestone County, Alabama — The American South (East South Central)

Alabama's Role

Photographed by Craig Doda, December 22, 2018

1. Alabama's Role Marker

Inscription. Alabama will continue to be key to America's future leadership in space. NASA and its commercial and academic partners in Alabama will manage the development of the Space Launch System, history's largest heavy-lift rocket, and human support missions to Mars. Marshall's specialized teams now manage science operations aboard the International Space Station and are developing new life support systems for deep space habitats. Marshall, where smart people are solving hard problems, manages many of NASA's smaller, deep space science missions. This crucial balance of science and engineering experience and a proven ability to integrate them will help America fulfill its space exploration goals in this new age of worldwide collaboration.

Topics. This historical marker is listed in this topic list: Air & Space.

Location. 34° 57.267′ N, 86° 53.517′ W. Marker is in Elkmont, Alabama, in Limestone County. It is on I-65 S, on the right when traveling south. Marker is on the grounds of the Alabama Welcome Center. Touch for map. Marker is in this post office area: Elkmont AL 35620, United States of America. Touch for directions.

Regionally, this marker is in North Alabama

and in the Huntsville Metropolitan Area.

It is also in the American South,

specifically in the Deep South,

in Appalachia,

and specifically in Southern Appalachia. Globally, it is in North America,

a Gulf of Mexico state,

the Western Hemisphere,

the Western World,

and the Anglosphere.

Historically, it finds itself in what was once the original Cherokee Nation,

the territory of the Mississippian Culture,

one of the Confederate States of America,

and the Antebellum South.

Other nearby markers. At least 8 other markers are within walking distance of this marker: Visitors Center (here, next to this marker); Saturn IB Launch Vehicle (here, next to this marker); Legacy (here,

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next to this marker); Alabama Combat Infantrymen Monument (a few steps from this marker); Hernando De Soto in Alabama (a few steps from this marker); Perspective (within shouting distance of this marker); Vietnam Veterans of America (within shouting distance of this marker); Alabama Korean War Memorial (within shouting distance of this marker). Touch for a list and map of all markers in Elkmont.

Another marker is no longer nearby. The Saturn Legacy (was a few steps from this marker but has been permanently removed).

Photographed by Darren Jefferson Clay, October 9, 2022

2. Alabama's Role Marker

Photographed by Darren Jefferson Clay, October 9, 2022

3. Alabama's Role Marker

Credits. This page was last revised on October 10, 2022. It was originally submitted on November 21, 2020, by Craig Doda of Napoleon, Ohio. This page has been viewed 350 times since then and 10 times this year. Photos: 1. submitted on November 21, 2020, by Craig Doda of Napoleon, Ohio. 2, 3. submitted on October 10, 2022, by Darren Jefferson Clay of Duluth, Georgia. • Bill Pfingsten was the editor who published this page.