Object Details
- Manufacturer
- Unknown
- Summary
- This is a flying spaceship rocket model from the late 1950s or 1960s built by an unknown manufacturer. It is not known whether it was flown. The model has a pasteboard body and balsa fins and nosecone. A solid propellant rocket motor propels the model. After the motor stops burning, the model returns to Earth and can be used again. The model is launched from a launch pad, with a hand-held launch controller being used to ignite the motor.
- The model was donated by G. Harry Stine in 1973. Stine was one of the American pioneers in the field of flying rocket and missile models.
- Credit Line
- Gift of G. Harry Stine
- Inventory Number
- A19930846000
- Restrictions & Rights
- Usage conditions apply
- Type
- MODELS-Missiles & Rockets
- Materials
- Cardboard
- Wood
- Paint
- Plastic
- Rubber
- Steel
- Dimensions
- Other: 13 in. × 4 1/4 in. × 3 1/2 in. (33 × 10.8 × 8.9cm)
- 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_A19930846000
- GUID (Link to Original Record)
- http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/nv9275586bc-bf0e-4db3-b410-a32474ccd807
