User:Ke4roh/USSRC research in progress

This is an informal timeline for the U.S. Space & Rocket Center, and I would like to make it more formal and complete - your help is appreciated.

What to contribute
For something to be included in the article, it will need to be referenced from a reputable source. To include it in this list, I ask only that it be relevant to the history of the museum, not necessarily sourced, because this list will be a list of things to look up before it's a list of documented facts.

Feel free to contribute more information and more detailed information.

What I've done so far
I have photos of the newspaper clippings from the Huntsville Heritage Room at the Huntsville/Madison County Library. They are quite spotty (they don't cover such things as what's in the museum at opening or delivery of rockets to the museum or a hundred other things that would have warranted articles) and clippings end in 1999. I plan to visit the library again in July, but if have or can find some information before then, I'd be most appreciative.

The timeline

 * Delivery of the Saturn V and Saturn I to the museum, Saturday, June 28, 1969, including S-IC-D, S-IVB-D, and S-II-D, the latter two just removed from the dynamic test stand. Painting of S-IB preceded its delivery, and S-IV received some modifications for display. F-1 engines were installed on S-IC-D in mid-September, 1969.
 * Article(s) heralding the opening of the museum, on or prior to March 7 (soft opening date) or March 17, 1970, the dedication date.
 * Some 1982ish pics
 * Miss Baker's death and interment, Nov 20, 1984 et seq
 * Space Shot showcased May 24, 1996 - Check for news on or just before Feb 18, 1996.  Ride was new for '96.
 * Star Trek 30th - September 8-9, 1996
 * 1998-99 construction of vertical Saturn V
 * ASSEC house cleaning before and including Nov 24, 1999

Directors' dates

 * Ed Buckbee - March 18, 1967 - 1994
 * Thad Mauldin - around 1996
 * Mike Wing - 1998 - 1999
 * Larry Capps - c. 2000 - December 21, 2010
 * Deborah Barnhart - December 21, 2010 to present

Space Camp Alumni

 * Callan Chythlook-Sifsof is the Olympic snowboarder and alumna
 * Lori Garver is an alumna
 * Stephanie Abrams from the weather channel is an alumna
 * Brooke Baldwin, CNN anchor

Other notes

 * QUEST - USSRC staff newsletter 2005-present