Object Details
- Summary
- The V-2 rocket, developed and used by the Germans during World War II, was the world's first large-scale liquid-propellant rocket vehicle, the first modern long-range ballistic missile, and the ancestor of today's large-scale liquid-fuel rockets and launch vehicles. Called the A-4 (Aggregat 4) by German Army Ordnance, the rocket was dubbed V-2, or Vergeltungswaffe Zwei ("Vengeance Weapon Two"), by Dr. Josef Goebbels' Propaganda Ministry.
- The U.S. Air Force officially transferred a V-2 (A19600342000) to the Smithsonian on 1 May 1949. It was moved to the National Air Museum's storage facility in Suitland, Maryland in 1954, and was restored in 1975-76 for exhibition in the new National Air and Space Museum building. These lifting eyes can be screwed into the mid-body of the missile so that it can be lifted by a crane.
- Credit Line
- Transferred from the U.S. Air Force
- Inventory Number
- A19600342001
- Restrictions & Rights
- Usage conditions apply
- Type
- CRAFT-Missile & Rocket Parts
- Materials
- Steel, Paint, Brass-Plating
- Dimensions
- Overall: 7 1/4in. x 4 1/4in. x 3in. (18.42 x 10.8 x 7.62cm)
- Country of Origin
- Germany or USA
- See more items in
- National Air and Space Museum Collection
- National Air and Space Museum
- Record ID
- nasm_A19600342001
- GUID (Link to Original Record)
- http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/nv997f543cb-a073-436d-aa21-e9db87e966fe
