Fire Breaks Out in Converted Saturn V Stages at Rocket Center

A fire broke out at the U.S. Space & Rocket Center in Huntsville, Alabama on Saturday (Dec. 26), damaging an out-of-use ride building that was formed from converted Saturn V rocket segments. The fire inside the former Mission to Mars facility broke out sometime after 2 p.m. CST (2000 GMT) and was brought under control by the Huntsville Fire Department less than hour later. "The fire was in a periphery older building, apart from any main building at the U.S. Space & Rocket Center," stated