Object Details
- Summary
- Shown here is what appears to be a support cradle for the 33,000-pound thrust booster assembly used on the Navy's JB-2 Loon submarine launched guided missile. The booster burned for half a second during launch, then fell into the water. The Navy conducted tests of the unit on the JB-2 off the California Coast during 1947-1948. The Loon program ended in 1950 in favor of the Regulus 1, the Navy's first operational, submarine launched guided missile.
- Transferred from the U.S. Navy.
- Credit Line
- Donated by U.S. Navy
- ca. 1948
- Inventory Number
- A20070063002
- Restrictions & Rights
- Usage conditions apply
- Type
- CRAFT-Missile & Rocket Parts
- Materials
- Ferrous Alloy
- Uncharacterized Material (Inorganic Composite?)
- Paint
- Dimensions
- Approximate: 143.5 × 71.1 × 43.2cm (4 ft. 8 1/2 in. × 2 ft. 4 in. × 1 ft. 5 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_A20070063002
- GUID (Link to Original Record)
- http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/nv9c2282d78-0992-487c-9aa4-777b3205f0f8
