Object Details
- Manufacturer
- Model Missiles, Inc.
- Summary
- This is one of the first commercially-produced flying model rocket kits, unassembled and in its original box. Made by Model Missiles in 1959, the kit is based on the U.S. Navy's Aerobee-Hi sounding rocket. The rocket body is pasteboard, the nose cone is plastic, the fins are balsa wood, and the parachute is plastic. The kit does not contain a motor.
- G. Harry Stine, a pioneer in the field of model rockets, donated this artifact to NASM in 1973.
- Credit Line
- Gift of G. Harry Stine
- ca. 1959
- Inventory Number
- A19930623000
- Restrictions & Rights
- Usage conditions apply
- Type
- MODELS-Missiles & Rockets
- Materials
- Box: Cardboard
- Base pieces: Wood
- Fin sheet: balsa wood
- Jet deflector plate: Steel
- Body tube: Paper, Adhesive
- Motor mount, parachute: Plastic
- Shroud line: Cotton
- Shock cord: Rubber
- Nose cone: Vinyl
- Tube: Paper
- Dimensions
- Other (retail box): 14 7/8 × 4 3/8 × 1 5/8 in. (37.8 × 11.1 × 4.1cm)
- 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_A19930623000
- GUID (Link to Original Record)
- http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/nv9b1338751-9f75-4f99-bf16-1fdd5ac0f879
