The Texas Collection, Baylor University
Rocketdyne-McGregor, Texas, 1953 "Hit the Moon"
Before becoming Rocketdyne in McGregor, Texas, the plant was operated by Phillips 66 for the U.S. Air Force. This 1953 photo shows a company employee with a “Hit the Moon” theme that applied to goal-setting standards.
Rocketdyne was part of North American Aviation, Inc., Solid Rocket Division, McGregor, Texas. By the late 1960's, the company had produced 250,000 rockets and this included some used by NASA for the 1969 Apollo Mission to the moon. Some of the land and facilities would later become Hercules and now it is home to SpaceX.
Four by five film negative, Lloyd Gholson Rocketdyne collection, The Texas Collection, Baylor University; Digital ID: tx-phoarch-rocketdyne_2935-negatives-0001.tif. Rights: Some rights reserved. E-mail txcoll@baylor.edu for information about the use of our images. Visit www.baylor.edu/lib/texas/ for more information about our collections.
Rocketdyne-McGregor, Texas, 1953 "Hit the Moon"
Before becoming Rocketdyne in McGregor, Texas, the plant was operated by Phillips 66 for the U.S. Air Force. This 1953 photo shows a company employee with a “Hit the Moon” theme that applied to goal-setting standards.
Rocketdyne was part of North American Aviation, Inc., Solid Rocket Division, McGregor, Texas. By the late 1960's, the company had produced 250,000 rockets and this included some used by NASA for the 1969 Apollo Mission to the moon. Some of the land and facilities would later become Hercules and now it is home to SpaceX.
Four by five film negative, Lloyd Gholson Rocketdyne collection, The Texas Collection, Baylor University; Digital ID: tx-phoarch-rocketdyne_2935-negatives-0001.tif. Rights: Some rights reserved. E-mail txcoll@baylor.edu for information about the use of our images. Visit www.baylor.edu/lib/texas/ for more information about our collections.