Object Details
- Manufacturer
- Unknown
- Summary
- This is a Bulgarian made flying rocket model. The manufacturer is unknown. The model has a Kraft paper body, fibreboard fins, balsa nose and a paper parachute. A solid propellant rocket motor propels the model, and then at the end of the vertical flight it forces the release of the parachute. The model is then retrieved and can be used again.
- G. Harry Stine donated the model to the Museum in 1973.
- Credit Line
- Gift of G. Harry Stine
- Inventory Number
- A19930776000
- Restrictions & Rights
- Usage conditions apply
- Type
- MODELS-Missiles & Rockets
- Materials
- Paper, Wood, Adhesive, Nylon, Rubber, Plastic
- Rocket body is Kraft paper; fins are fiberboard; nose is balsa; plastic parachute attached to nose by string and rubber band; aluminum launch rail guides.
- Dimensions
- Model: 13 in. × 5 1/2 in. × 5 1/2 in. (33 × 14 × 14cm)
- Country of Origin
- Bulgaria
- See more items in
- National Air and Space Museum Collection
- National Air and Space Museum
- Record ID
- nasm_A19930776000
- GUID (Link to Original Record)
- http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/nv9efa128e3-1ef2-47c5-978d-31072229309d
