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This is a flying Veronique rocket model built by an unknown manufacturer in the late 1950s or 1960s. The Veronique was a French sounding rocket. It is not known whether this model was flown. The model has a pasteboard body, balsa fins, balsa nosecone, and a plastic parachute. A solid propellant rocket motor propels the model, and then at the end of the vertical flight it forces the release of a parachute. The model is then retrieved and can be used again. The model is launched from a launch pad, with a hand-held launch controller being used to ignite the motor.

G. Harry Stine, one of the American pioneers in the field of flying rocket and missile models, donated the model to the Smithsonian 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 United States of America Type MODELS-Missiles & Rockets Manufacturer Unknown
 Dimensions Model: 11 in. × 2 1/8 in. × 2 1/8 in. (27.9 × 5.4 × 5.4cm)
 Materials Wood
Cardboard
Paint
Cotton
Rubber
Steel
Plastic
Adhesive
Pasteboard body, balsa nose and fins, plastic parachute
 Inventory Number A19930833000 Credit Line Gift of G. Harry Stine Data Source National Air and Space Museum Restrictions & Rights Usage conditions apply
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