Rocketdyne’s McGregor Facility: From Bomb Making to Rocket Engineering

ID: 2655 ~ Source: From publication: “Solid Rocket Division Facilities, Rocketdyne, March 1967.” Lloyd Gholson Rocketdyne collection, The Texas Collection, Baylor University.
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The facility that became Rocketdyne occupied farmland that served as the location for various forms of munitions and rocket testing for decades. This depiction of the “Solid Rocket Division” shows the various functions and locations of Rocketdyne structures and testing areas.

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By Geoff Hunt & Skylar Ray
Since 1942, scientists, engineers, and production workers have been at work in McGregor, Texas, helping win wars, achieve spaceflights, and work towards lunar missions. In its early years, the…