This is a retail kit of an unassembled Cosmos single stage flying rocket model, made by an unknown Yugoslav manufacturer. The body and fins are pasteboard and the nosecone and parachute are plastic. The kit contains the motor. At the end of powered flight, the parachute deploys and the model returns to Earth, enabling its reuse.
G. Harry Stine, a pioneer in the field of flying rocket models, donated this artifact to the museum in 1973.
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
Yugoslavia
Type
MODELS-Missiles & Rockets
Manufacturer
Unknown
Dimensions
3-D: 17.5 × 7 × 2.1cm (6 7/8 × 2 3/4 × 13/16 in.)
Materials
Plastic, Cardboard, Paper, Sandpaper, Synthetic Fabric, Adhesive, Rubber, Ceramic
Model has pasteboard body and fins, plastic nosecone, and a plastic parachute w/string shrouds. Motor is pasteboard. Paper assembly instructions inside a cardboard retail box (instructions were not present at the time of the 2011 CCPF Survey).
Inventory Number
A19930642000
Credit Line
Gift of G. Harry Stine
Data Source
National Air and Space Museum
Restrictions & Rights
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