SP-4310 Way Station to Space

 

A 1961 map shows the location of the Mississippi rocket testing site, 45 miles east of New Orleans, along the East Pearl River in Hancock County, MS.

 

A 1961 map shows the location of the Mississippi rocket testing site, 45 miles east of New Orleans, along the East Pearl River in Hancock County, MS. The 13,800-acre "fee" area, or the fenced-in main portion of the rocket site, is shown in the center. The 125,071-acre acoustic buffer zone extends outward about six miles. (Originally published in the Mississippi Monitor).

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