Nose Cap, Cutaway, Poseidon C-3
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Object Details
- Manufacturer
- Lockheed Missiles and Space Co.
- Summary
- This is a cutaway of a nose cap, which was at the tip of the nose fairing of the U.S. Navy's Poseidon C-3 submarine-launched ballistic missile. Made from Sitka spruce wood and cork, the nose cap is bonded to an aluminum interior shell. During launch, the nose fairing and nose cap protected the reentry vehicle and its nuclear warheads housed inside from air friction temperatures approaching 1000 degrees. Explosive devices blew the nose fairing and nose cap off shortly after the missile entered space. Poseidon C-3s were deployed from 1971 into the early 1990s. Lockheed Missiles & Space Company made and donated this object to NASM.
- Credit Line
- Gift of Lockheed Missiles & Space Company
- Inventory Number
- A19731668003
- Restrictions & Rights
- Usage conditions apply
- Type
- CRAFT-Missile & Rocket Parts
- Materials
- Cork
- Aluminum
- Wood
- Adhesive
- Ink
- Dimensions
- Overall: 19.05 x 49.53cm (7 1/2in. x 1ft 7 1/2in.)
- 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_A19731668003
- Metadata Usage (text)
- Not determined
- GUID (Link to Original Record)
- http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/nv98a822eec-60fd-4d55-84bc-2ef32905ee78
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