University of Alabama at Huntsville

In addition to the U.S. Space & Rocket Center and Marshall Space Flight Center, the University of Alabama at Huntsville is a great place to visit for someone interested in the heroic age of manned space flight.

The university's archives, located in the basement of the M. Louis Salmon Library, is comprised primarily of paper documents, as one might expect, but also houses a number of interesting physical objects.

The university's Propulsion Research Center also has a J-2 rocket engine thrust chamber.