This is a Model Products Super Star flying model rocket, assembled by model rocketry pioneer G. Harry Stine. The model has a pasteboard body, balsa fins and a plastic streamer. A solid propellant rocket motor propels the model, and then at the end of the vertical flight it forces the release of the streamer. The model is then retrieved and can be used again. Mr. Stine won first place with this model in the Class 1 parachute duration competition at the NARAM-13 rocket meet, Aberdeen Proving Ground, Maryland, in August 1971. This model was donated by Mr. Stine 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
Date
1971
Country of Origin
United States of America
Type
MODELS-Missiles & Rockets
Manufacturer
Model Products Corporation
Dimensions
Other (model): 10 3/4 × 3 3/8 × 2 7/8 in. (27.3 × 8.6 × 7.3cm)
Materials
Cardboard, Wood, Paint, Plastic, Adhesive, Paper, Steel
Inventory Number
A19930740000
Credit Line
Gift of G. Harry Stine
Data Source
National Air and Space Museum
Restrictions & Rights
Usage conditions apply
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