The Texas Collection, Baylor University
Rocket Fuels Division of Phillip Petroleum, AF (Air Force) Plant 66 in McGregor, Texas, 1952
Part of the team at the Rocket Fuels Division of Phillip Petroleum, also known as AF (Air Force) Plant 66 in McGregor, Texas. The plant was operated by several companies over the years and contracted with the U.S. Government.
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-0002.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.
Rocket Fuels Division of Phillip Petroleum, AF (Air Force) Plant 66 in McGregor, Texas, 1952
Part of the team at the Rocket Fuels Division of Phillip Petroleum, also known as AF (Air Force) Plant 66 in McGregor, Texas. The plant was operated by several companies over the years and contracted with the U.S. Government.
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-0002.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.