Object Details
- Manufacturer
- Unknown
- Summary
- This is a 1:25 scale model of the National Aeronautics and Space Administration's (NASA's) Mercury-Atlas rocket. Flight testing of the Air Force's liquid-fuel Atlas intercontinental ballistic missile began in 1957, and the following year the newly-created NASA selected the Atlas D version as one of the launch vehicles for the first manned spaceflight program, Project Mercury. After undergoing several modifications by NASA, the rocket was designated the Mercury-Atlas. A modified Army Redstone medium-range ballistic missile (Mercury-Redstone) served as the launch vehicle in the two manned Mercury suborbital flights in 1961, while the Mercury-Atlas was the launch vehicle for the four manned Mercury orbital flights in 1962-1963.
- The manufacturer of the model is unknown. NASA transferred it to the museum.
- Credit Line
- Transferred from NASA
- Inventory Number
- A19800162000
- Restrictions & Rights
- Usage conditions apply
- Type
- MODELS-Missiles & Rockets
- Materials
- Wood
- Paint
- Steel
- Aluminum
- Plastic
- Adhesive
- Ink
- Dimensions
- Overall: 3ft 4in. x 8in. (101.6 x 20.32cm)
- 3-D (Body): 87 × 19.7 × 15.2cm (34 1/4 × 7 3/4 × 6 in.)
- Storage: 100.6 × 26 × 27cm (39 5/8 × 10 1/4 × 10 5/8 in.)
- 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_A19800162000
- GUID (Link to Original Record)
- http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/nv99c10915a-2202-464e-863c-0f9eedb1771a
