Object Details
- Manufacturer
- General Electric Company
- Summary
- The Hermes A-3B was the last produced and tested vehicle of the U.S. Army Ordnance-General Electric Company sponsored Hermes ballistic missile program of the late 1940's. Like most Hermes vehicles, the A-3B was based upon the German V-2 of World War II.
- Hermes A-3B was designed as a tactical surface-to-surface missile carrying a 1,000 lb warhead to a 150 mile range but never achieved that range in practice. It had a thrust of 22,600 pounds. By 1953-1954 six A-3B's were test launched at the White Sands Proving Grounds, New Mexico, five successfully and provided invaluable data towards the development of large-scale missiles in the U.S. The Hermes program was canceled in 1954.
- This object was donated to the Smithsonian in 1991 from the U.S. Center of Military History.
- Credit Line
- Transferred from U.S. Army
- Inventory Number
- A19910076000
- Restrictions & Rights
- Usage conditions apply
- Type
- CRAFT-Missiles & Rockets
- Materials
- steel
- Dimensions
- Other: 3ft 11in. x 33ft x 8ft 4in., 5139lb. (119.38 x 1005.84 x 254cm, 2331kg)
- 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_A19910076000
- GUID (Link to Original Record)
- http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/nv99f8f2490-c0aa-4f44-98c1-1be300a6c0d5
