Object Details
- Manufacturer
- NASA Marshall Space Flight Center
- Summary
- This is a 1:48 scale model of the Mercury-Atlas, the launch vehicle for the four manned Project Mercury orbital flights in 1962-1963. Flight testing of the Air Force's liquid-fuel Atlas intercontinental ballistic missile began in 1957, and the following year the newly-created National Aeronautics and Space Administration selected the Atlas D version as one of the launch vehicles for the first manned spaceflight program, Project Mercury. After undergoing several modifications, the rocket was designated the Mercury-Atlas. This model was built by NASA's Marshall Space Flight Center, which transferred it to NASM in 1971.
- Credit Line
- Gift of NASA's Marshall Space Flight Center
- Inventory Number
- A19721001000
- Restrictions & Rights
- Usage conditions apply
- Type
- MODELS-Missiles & Rockets
- Materials
- Plastic
- Aluminum
- Paint
- Adhesive
- Ink
- Dimensions
- 3-D: 10.8 × 8.9 × 61cm (4 1/4 in. × 3 1/2 in. × 2 ft.)
- Country of Origin
- United States of America
- See more items in
- National Air and Space Museum Collection
- Location
- National Air and Space Museum in Washington, DC
- Exhibition
- Destination Moon
- Title
- Mercury-Atlas 1:48 Scale
- National Air and Space Museum
- Record ID
- nasm_A19721001000
- GUID (Link to Original Record)
- http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/nv9eef3d4af-fc2b-4a4e-8e1d-364e60ad3808
