This is a kit containing an unassembled "Quasar" flying rocket model made by Rocket Supply Inc. There are three pasteboard stages, which are put together with metal adapter rings. The nose cone and fins are balsa. The kit does not include a motor.
G. Harry Stine, a pioneer in the field of flying rocket models, donated this artifact to the museum in 1973.
This object is not on display at the National Air and Space Museum. It is either on loan or in storage.
United States of America
MODELS-Missiles & Rockets
Rocket Supply Inc.
Approximate (retail package): 15 × 3 3/4 × 1 in. (38.1 × 9.5 × 2.5cm)
Plastic, Cardboard, Wood, Paper, Steel
A19930654000
Gift of G. Harry Stine
National Air and Space Museum
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