The competition for "Most Huntsville Moment of 2018" is starting off at a high level Saturday morning. It's time to grab your cameras and get this image to send the family.

At 7 a.m., Boeing will roll a full-sized model of its three-stage Ground-based Midcourse Interceptor from a facility near the Huntsville International Airport east along Interstate 565 toward downtown.

For practical descriptive purposes here, that's a big missile, although it doesn't carry an explosive charge here or on the job. Its job is to attack and destroy incoming missiles from American enemies, and it does that by the kinetic energy created when its "exoatmospheric kill vehicle" hits a target.

The interceptor is heading for the U.S. Space & Rocket Center on I-565, where it will be on display outside Saturday night's "2018 Mad Scientist Bash." That's a big fundraiser that benefits rocket center STEM-based programs for children and exhibits, Space Camp Scholarships and the new U.S. Cyber Camp.

The ball features Atlanta dance band Big Night Dynamite and a menu prepared by center chefs. Click here for tickets and information.

At 9:30 p.m., the interceptor retraces its route to the airport along I-565 west. It will have an escort both ways, and all public roads will remain open.

The interceptor is used for training transport personnel and looks the same as armed ones based at Fort Greely, Alaska, and Vandenburg Air Force Base, Calif. Boeing is prime contractor for the Ground-based Midcourse Defense (GMD) team and has about 2,700 employees in Alabama on that and other programs.

So, are we clear? The GMD team will bring the GBI to the USSRC for the MSB and then take it back. Now, you're talking like a Huntsvillian.