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Author:
Unknown  Search this
Subject:
National Air and Space Museum  Search this
South Yard  Search this
United States Air Force  Search this
Physical description:
Color: Black and White; Size: 10w x 8h; Type of Image: Exhibit; Medium: Photographic print
Type:
Photographic print
Exhibit
Date:
1961
Category:
Historic Images of the Smithsonian
Notes:
Annual Report, 1961, pg. 124, 127; Accession N.M.A. 1159;
Summary:
The nose cone of the RVX 1-5 on exhibit in the Aircraft Building of the National Air and Space Museum. It is the first recovered nose cone after a flight of intercontinental range. It was given to the museum in 1961 by United States Air Force. Three unidentified people are standing behind the nose cone.
Contained within:
Smithsonian Institution Archives, Record Unit 95, Box 41, Folder 21
Contact information:
Institutional History Division, Smithsonian Institution Archives, 600 Maryland Avenue, S.W., Washington, D.C. 20024-2520, SIHistory@si.edu
Topic:
Exhibitions  Search this
Aircraft Building  Search this
RVX 1-5  Search this
Rockets (Aeronautics)  Search this
Standard number:
82-3365
Restrictions & Rights:
No restrictions
Data Source:
Smithsonian Archives - History Div
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:siris_sic_10519