Object Details
- Manufacturer
- Estes Industries, Inc.
- Summary
- This is a set of six Type A4 model rocket motors packaged for retail sale. They are made of pasteboard and contain non-explosive propellant. Made in 1959 by Estes Manufacturing and packaged and marketed by Model Missiles, Inc., they were the first commercially-produced motors. Each can be used only once.
- G. Harry Stine donated this artifact to NASM in 1973.
- Credit Line
- Gift of G. Harry Stine
- Inventory Number
- A19930464000
- Restrictions & Rights
- Usage conditions apply
- Type
- MODELS-Missiles & Rockets
- Materials
- Cardboard
- Pasteboard
- Unknown Propellant
- Paper
- Ceramic
- Dimensions
- Box: 1 1/2 x 2 3/4in. (3.8 x 7cm)
- 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_A19930464000
- GUID (Link to Original Record)
- http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/nv9aa73458a-7c54-416c-aa05-09e216dee57a
