Huntsville has landed on The New York Times “52 Places to Go in 2019” list of the best travel destinations in the world for this year. 

Celebrations surrounding the 50th anniversary of the Apollo 11 moon landing are the focus of Huntsville's feature, calling out specific events like daily re-enactments of the landing at the U.S. Space & Rocket Center, the Guinness World Record attempt for simultaneous model rocket launches, car show, and downtown parade. The state bicentennial is also mentioned as another great reason to visit Huntsville in 2019.

From The New York Times “52 Places to Go in 2019” feature on Huntsville:

The 50th anniversary of the Apollo 11 moon landing will draw crowds to Huntsville- a.k.a. Rocket City-  home of the Marshall Space Flight Center, where the spacecraft that launched astronauts to the moon were developed. Throughout the year, there will be daily re-enactments of the moon landing at the U.S. Space & Rocket Center, but the biggest thrills are planned for the anniversary week of the Apollo 11 Lunar Landing Mission in July. Beginning on launch day, July 16, the center will attempt to break a Guinness World Record by launching 5,000 model rockets at 8:32 a.m., the precise time that rocket engines ignited in 1969. Festivities will continue with a classic car show, concerts, a homecoming parade and a street party in downtown Huntsville- the same location where Apollo workers celebrated after the successful mission. If that's not fun enough, 2019 also marks the state's bicentennial, giving Alabamans yet another excuse to party. 

The official Huntsville/Madison County event calendars for both the Apollo anniversary and the Alabama bicentennial can be found on www.huntsville.org.