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Ablative nosecone tip from a retrieved Aerobee rocket that carried an instrument that detected the first non-solar x-ray source in the sky. Recovered after the June 18, 1962 flight from White Sands, New Mexico, it was presented to Riccardo Giacconi, the team leader of the American Science & Engineering that built the x-ray telescope payload and pushed to detect x-ray radiation from celestial sources. This solid nosecone tip, assumed to be part of a typical payload shroud system built by Space-General Corporation, formerly a part of Aerojet-General (the original manufacturer of the Aerobee family), was donated to NASM in August 2000 by Riccardo and Mirella Giacconi.
Country of Origin
United States of America
Type
CRAFT-Missile & Rocket Parts
Manufacturer
Aerojet General Corp.
Space-General Corporation, El Monte, California Dimensions
Overall: 8 in. long x 3 3/4 in. diameter (20.32 x 9.53cm)
Other (cone): 6 in. long x 2 in. diameter (15.24 x 5.08cm) Materials
Oxydized metal on a brass base Inventory Number
A20000792000
Credit Line
Gift of Ricardo and Mirella Giacconi
Data Source
National Air and Space Museum
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