Rocket Row

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Author: Unknown
Subject: Rocket Row; Arts and Industries Building; National Air and Space Museum; South Yard

Category: Historic Images of the Smithsonian
: This photo was taken at some point in or after 1961 when the last two rockets, Polaris A-1and Atlas, were acquired, but before the Polaris A-1 was swapped for the Polaris A-3 in 1967.
Summary: "Rocket Row" along the west side of the Arts and Industries Building before the National Air and Space Museum was built. The four missiles on exhibit are: From left to right, the Jupiter C, which launched Explorer I, the first U.S. satellite; the Vanguard; the Polaris A-1, the first U.S. submarine-launched ICBM; and the Atlas, the famed Mercury launch vehicle. Cars are parked in the parking lot and Independence Avenue can be seen in the background.
Contained within: Smithsonian Institution Archives, Accession 11-009
Contact information: Institutional History Division, Smithsonian Archives, 600 Maryland Avenue, SW, Washington, D.C. 20024-2520, SIHistory@si.edu

1961

Physical description: Number of Images: 1; Color: Color; Size: 4w x 5h; Type of Image: Exterior; Exhibit; Medium: Color Transparency

Smithsonian Archives - History Div

Topic: Astronautics; Museum buildings; Missiles; Space vehicles; Grounds; Rockets (Aeronautics); Polaris (missile); Mercury (missile); Vanguard (missile)