Sounding Rocket, Aerobee, Nose Cone Shell
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Object Details
- Manufacturer
- Naval Research Laboratory
- Summary
- This is an aluminum nose cone shell from an Aerobee sounding rocket. This nose cone is part of a collection of high-energy detectors from the Naval Research Laboratory and covered an instrument rack also in the collection (see Catalogue numbers 19880001000-19880017000). It was transferred to NASM in 1987.
- Alternate Name
- Aerobee Nose Cone Shell
- Credit Line
- Transferred from the Naval Research Laboratory
- Inventory Number
- A19880019000
- Restrictions & Rights
- Usage conditions apply
- Type
- INSTRUMENTS-Scientific
- Materials
- Aluminum
- Dimensions
- 3-D: 182.9 h x 40.6cm d (72 x 16 in.)
- Country of Origin
- United States of America
- See more items in
- National Air and Space Museum Collection
- Location
- Steven F. Udvar-Hazy Center in Chantilly, VA
- Exhibit Station
- Rockets & Missiles
- National Air and Space Museum
- Record ID
- nasm_A19880019000
- Metadata Usage (text)
- Not determined
- GUID (Link to Original Record)
- http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/nv9068d7aa7-182e-4f80-a652-02c1fd8eafaf
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