In June 1967 Eastern Airlines introduced "The Space Corridor" linking Huntsville with St. Louis and Seattle and with the NASA Kennedy Space Center in Florida. In the June 13, 1967 timetable, Eastern Boeing 727-100s flew to St. Louis and on to Seattle, and nonstop to Orlando continuing to Melbourne, Florida, near the Kennedy Space Center. Eastern flew direct Douglas DC-9-30s to Houston, home of the NASA Johnson Space Center, via New Orleans in the late 1960s. Eastern had direct jets to Chicago during the early 1970s via Nashville. In April 1975 Eastern served Nashville, Orlando and St. Louis nonstop from Huntsville on 727s and DC-9s.