Nike Booster Fins (9)

Nine Nike booster fins, olive drab in color. Six fins measure 24″ x 23″ and three measure 18″ x 20 1/2″. See L.035 for additional information.

Castor Rocket Fins (4)

Four Castor rocket fins, olive drab in color. See L.035 for additional information. 2/24/16 – Originally listed at IL 035.013 but apparently deaccessioned and given this number. There is no […]

Lance Missile

The Lance is a surface-to-surface, ballistic missile used to provide greater fire support for Army ground forces. Lance missiles were developed to replace the Honest John and Sergeant rockets. ID […]

Aerobee 150 sounding rocket

Aerobee 150 Aerobee 150 sounding rocket with booster. Booster is solid fuel, sustainer burns liquid propellants. This rocket can carry a 500 lb. payload to an altitude of 190 miles. […]

Nova Starchaser 4 rocket, with launcher

Nova Starchaser 4 rocket, with launcher and trailer Starchaser 4 rocket, also known as Nova, is 37 feet by 4 feet by 11 feet. It is painted white with various […]

Thor Missile

, XSM-75, Thor, S/N 56-6782, accession number 1979-56-26.

Arcas Rocket

A rusted Arcas sounding rocket, nose cone missing. Body tube has a large dent about 1/2 way down from top and 3 of 4 fins are missing. The Arcas was […]

Aerobee 170 Sounding Rocket

An Aerobee sounding rocket used for upper atmospheric research. The Aerobee was used from the late 1940’s to Jan. 17, 1985. Over 1,037 of them were equipped with various payloads […]

Gargoyle Missile

The Gargoyle missile originated as a glide bomb in November of 1943. In March of 1944, however, the Gargoyle was given a liquid- propellant rocket engine. When World War II […]

Redstone Ballistic Missile (M8)

c. 1960’s Redstone Ballistic Missile. The Redstone was the U.S. Army’s first successful heavy ballistic missile. It was also adapted to be the booster for the launching of the Explorer […]

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