Object Details
- Manufacturer
- Model Missiles, Inc.
- Summary
- This is an unasembled flying model rocket kit in its original box. Made by Model Missiles, the kit is based on the Arcon sounding rocket. The rocket body is pasteboard, the nose cone is plastic, the fins are balsa wood, and the parachute is plastic. The kit also contains three motors and a wooden launch stand.
- 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
- Inventory Number
- A19930625000
- Restrictions & Rights
- Usage conditions apply
- Type
- MODELS-Missiles & Rockets
- Materials
- Retail and interior boxes, body tube: Cardboard
- Base peices, fin: Wood (fin is balsa wood)
- Parachute, motor mount, red piece in nose cone: Plastic
- Instructions, parachute papers: Paper
- Guide rod, jet deflector plate: Steel
- Staple, nail: Iron
- Telescoping launching rail tube, launching lug: Aluminum
- Shroud line: Cotton
- Motors: Paper, Adhesive, Ceramic
- Shock cord: Rubber
- Nose cone: Vinyl
- Decal, Adhesive tape discs: Paper, Adhesive
- Dimensions
- Other (box): 4 1/8 x 18 3/8 x 1 5/8 in., 0.4kg (10.5 x 46.7 x 4.1cm, 7/8lb.)
- 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_A19930625000
- GUID (Link to Original Record)
- http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/nv92fdf06f0-f963-498c-b3c8-53676ebc0809
