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This is an assembled Astron Omega flying rocket model built by Estes Industries. The model has a pasteboard body, balsa fins, and a plastic parachute. A solid propellant rocket motor propels the model, which also forces the release of a parachute at the end of the vertical flight.

Its payload contains a Cineroc, a camera developed by Estes that could record during flight and was then recoverable upon landing.

Estes Industries made the model and donated it to the museum in 1996.

Display Status

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

Object Details

Country of Origin

United States of America

Type

MODELS-Missiles & Rockets

Manufacturer

Estes Industries, Inc.

Dimensions

71.12 x 18.42cm (2ft 4in. x 7 1/4in.) (Approximate, Model with nose cone on wire stand)
Other (Base): 20.32 x 20.32 x 13.65cm (8in. x 8in. x 5 3/8in.) Nosecone: 7.5" (H) x 1.1/4" (W); Camera: 61/4" (h) x 1.5" (w). 251/2" (h) on stand.

Materials

Cardboard
Plastic
Wood
Aluminum
Steel
Styrofoam
Adhesive
Brass
Glass
Rubber
Foam
Paint
Cotton

Inventory Number

A19960461000

Data Source

National Air and Space Museum

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