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Motor, Model Rocket

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This object is not on display at the National Air and Space Museum, it is either on loan or in storage.

Motor, Model Rocket

 

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Country of Origin: United States of America

Dimensions:
Other: 0.64 x 3.8cm (1/4in. x 1 1/2in.)

Before 9/29/2011: Other: 1 x 3.8cm (3/8in. x 1 1/2in.)

Materials:
Paper Adhesive Ceramic

This is an unflown prototype microjet model rocket motor. It is made of pasteboard and contains non-explosive propellant. A motor is used only once to power a model rocket. The manufacturer is unknown.

G. Harry Stine, a pioneer in the field of flying rocket models, donated it to NASM in 1973.

Gift of G. Harry Stine


Inventory number: A19930498000