Today home to the global headquarters for semiconductor manufacturer GlobalFoundries, Luther Forest in Malta and Stillwater, New York was once home to another kind of advanced technology.
From 1945 to the early 1960s, the U.S. government and General Electric used the former forest preserve as a test site for the rocket technology that eventually put astronauts in space.
Malta Town Historian Paul Perrault is providing a short history of the Saratoga County site at his upcoming presentation called “From Malta to the Moon.”
Perrault will speak Saturday, June 17th at the Empire State Aerosciences Museum in Glenville during ESAM’s annual Fly-In breakfast. He spoke with WAMC's Lucas Willard about his presentation.