HUNTSVILLE, Alabama USA — The Apollo Saturn V moon rocket, born and raised in Huntsville, Alabama, to lift men on their journeys to the moon nearly 40 years ago, is about to be named one of the "7 Wonders of America" by ABC-TV's "Good Morning America."

Huntsville's Saturn V.

The honor is especially noteworthy in that the Saturn V may be one of the few man-made objects to make the list, said Larry Capps, CEO of the U.S. Space & Rocket Center, home to one of the three remaining.

"I think it's not just a bragging right, it's something that Alabama can be proud of, as well as Huntsville, Madison County, the folks at Marshall Space Flight Center and all the many engineers and others who worked on this amazing machine," he said.

"It's really a tribute to all the folks who put their blood, sweat and tears into the program and made it a success."

ABC's Huntsville affiliate, WAAY-TV, said Wednesday that "Good Morning America" will broadcast live segments Monday from the Davidson Center for Space Exploration.

"GMA" created a panel of travelers, naturalists, scientists and others to pick the nation's seven wonders, and has revealed one choice each day over the past week, including the Grand Canyon, the National Mall in Washington, D.C., and the Arctic National Wildlife Preserve.

A series of clues is posted on the show's Web site for viewers to guess at the remaining wonders. One clue features pictures of the Apollo command module atop the Saturn V and the voice of astrophysicist Dr. Neil deGrasse Tyson, who was a member of the "GMA" panel as well as host of the PBS series "NOVA ScienceNow" and director of the Hayden Planetarium.

He says, "That is the most wondrous piece of hardware there ever was."

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