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Goddard 1935 A-Series Rocket

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    Long, torpedo-shaped with ogive nosecone with attachment screw on tip. Rocket slightly tapers down at rear, from from top of four long delta fins towards nozzle exit. Fins in cruciform arrangement. Four moveable blast vanes affixed with screws and moveable connecting rods on each left hand corner of each fin. Vane blades in the path of the rocket's exhaust exit. One steel tube running down each side of the rocket body, along propellant section and one smaller diameter tube on one side, along the same length. One quarter of the rocket's nosecone painted red and one quarter of the rocket body also painted red. Small cut horizontal section, 13.5 inches long by 2.5 inches wide, on side of parachute section, beneath nosecone, revealing wrapped parachute. Original panel over this small section missing but may be left this way for exhibit purposes to show parachute. Another small reactangular cut section, 4.25 inches by 2 7/16 inches, near end of rocket body, along propellant section, revealing a valve, probably for fueling. Detachable nosecone, with removal of attachment screw on nosecone tip, and revealing tank top and outlet with screw with square head and letter "G" stamped on it, possibly signifying "Goddard."

Created by

Dane Penland

Date Created

11/18/2005

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National Air and Space Museum & Smithsonian Institution Archives

Keywords

Engineers; Inventors; Rockets; Space

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