Object Details
- Manufacturer
- Estes Industries, Inc.
- Summary
- This is a Javelin flying rocket model made of plastic, metal, wood, and pasteboard. It is not known whether it was flown. Along with a parachute, there is a mini-camera in the payload section. Once the motors stopped burning the parachute deployed and the model gently returned to Earth for reuse. Estes Industries made the model and donated it to the museum in 1996.
- Inventory Number
- A19960461000
- Restrictions & Rights
- Usage conditions apply
- Type
- MODELS-Missiles & Rockets
- Materials
- Cardboard
- Plastic
- Wood
- Aluminum
- Steel
- Styrofoam
- Adhesive
- Brass
- Glass
- Rubber
- Foam
- Paint
- Cotton
- Dimensions
- 71.12 x 18.42cm (2ft 4in. x 7 1/4in.) (Approximate, Model with nose cone on wire stand)
- Other (Base): 20.32 x 20.32 x 13.65cm (8in. x 8in. x 5 3/8in.) Nosecone: 7.5" (H) x 1.1/4" (W); Camera: 61/4" (h) x 1.5" (w). 251/2" (h) on stand.
- Country of Origin
- United States of America
- See more items in
- National Air and Space Museum Collection
- National Air and Space Museum
- Record ID
- nasm_A19960461000
- GUID (Link to Original Record)
- http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/nv9d422a602-e989-40cf-bb1a-ccb433f1a29e
