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Materials:
Cardboard, Balsa Wood, Paint, Aluminum, Adhesive, Ceramic, Steel
Dimensions:
Overall: 2 3/4in. diameter x 1ft 7 7/8in. length, 0.2lb. (6.99 x 50.48cm, 0.1kg)
Type:
MODELS-Missiles & Rockets
Country of Origin:
United States of America
Summary:
This is a flying Meteo rocket model built by an unknown manufacturer in the late 1950s or 1960s. It is not known whether it was flown. The model is based on a Soviet sounding rocket. It model has a pasteboard body, balsa fins, and balsa nosecone. The plastic parachute is missing. A solid propellant rocket motor propels the model, and then at the end of the vertical flight it forces the release of a parachute. The model is then retrieved and can be used again. The model is launched from a launch pad, with a hand-held launch controller being used to ignite the motor. The model was donated by G. Harry Stine, one of the American pioneers in the field of flying rocket and missile models, in 1973.
Credit Line:
Gift of G. Harry Stine
Inventory Number:
A19930835000
Restrictions & Rights:
Usage conditions apply
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National Air and Space Museum Collection
Data Source:
National Air and Space Museum
GUID:
http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/nv965740309-48e0-4cd9-8ddc-ca4fc3377d7f
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:nasm_A19930835000