ARNOLD AFB, Tenn., Sept. 24 -- Arnold Air Force Base issued the following press release:
While much of what was then known as Arnold Engineering Development Center's space-related work in the 1950s (https://www.arnold.af.mil/News/Article-Display/Article/4608486/aedc-at-75-aedc-testing-in-late-1950s-supports-early-space-programs/) focused on sending Americans beyond Earth's orbit, such efforts throughout the 1960s aimed to take them even farther.
In the decade that preceded the July 20, 1969, Apollo 11 moon landing, approximately 55,000 hours of testing were conducted across more than two dozen facilities at AEDC, now known as Arnold Engineering Development Complex, to ensure the success of the NASA Project Apollo program. The goal of this...