Object Details
- Manufacturer
- Thiokol Chemical Corporation
- Summary
- This is the Cajun second stage of the Nike-Cajun sounding rocket. The Nike first stage (not shown here) was a modified solid-fuel booster rocket originally developed by the Army for the Nike-Ajax anti-aircraft missile system. Scientific instruments-ranging in weight from ten to one hundred pounds-carried in the Cajun's nose took measurements of the upper atmosphere. The Cajun, launched from a Nike-Ajax launcher, could reach a maximum altitude of fifty miles. The motor for the Cajun, built by the Thiokol Chemical Corporation, produced 9,620 pounds of thrust for three seconds.
- The National Advisory Committee for Aeronautics donated an entire Nike-Cajun sounding rocket to the Smithsonian in 1958.
- Credit Line
- Transferred to the Smithsonian from the National Advisory Committee for Aeronautics
- ca. 1957
- Inventory Number
- A19580045001
- Restrictions & Rights
- Usage conditions apply
- Type
- CRAFT-Missiles & Rockets
- Materials
- Body, stainless steel; fins, extruded Dural aluminum; motor, internal, steel; shiny silver band around larger diameter section below nose, aluminum; gray band, non-ferrous metal; band above, steel; nose, Inconel
- Dimensions
- Overall: 1ft 6in. x 6ft 4 1/2in. x 8in. (45.72 x 194.31 x 20.32cm)
- 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_A19580045001
- GUID (Link to Original Record)
- http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/nv9983889f8-4b60-4ccd-b036-3e743371cf2b
