Engine, RL-10, Cutaway

RL-10 engine, cutaway, Pratt and Whitney. It was the first rocket engine to use liquid hydrogen and liquid oxygen as propellants. NASM catalog number 5184, A1975-1433-000. Original Loan was on […]

AIM 4-D Falcon Missile

An Air Intercept Missile (Falcon AIM 4-D). This guided missile employs an infrared (IR) control system, and is designed to be launched from interceptor aircraft to destroy enemy aircraft. First […]

WAC Corporal, One-Half Scale

Nose Cone: 31″ by 6″ by 6″. Sustainer body: 52″ by 6″ by 18″. Stabilizing Fins: 12″ by 1/8″ by 9″. One-half scale, flying model of the WAC Corporal Rocket. […]

RL-10A5 Engine

RL-10A5 rocket engine, S/N XR-502, for DC-X Space Quest exhibit at the New Mexico Museum of Space History- on 3A ISHF. Small component: Artifact Storage (Bin F, Shelf 4).

Nike Cajun Rocket and Nike Adapter

Nike Cajun rocket (W031122), adapter, four large fin assemblies (three red, one yellow), and four small fin assemblies. Model number M5E1. A “sounding rocket,” the Nike Cajun was used for […]

Aries Sounding Rocket

An inert M56A1 rocket motor case configured as a sounding rocket and identified as Aries. Inert rocket motor case (P/N 366978-99); The rocket was used at White Sands Missile Range […]

Nike Hercules Missile with section of a

Nike Hercules Missile with section of a Nike Hercules mock-up A surface-to-air missile, the Nike Hercules became operational in 1958, and can carry either a conventional or nuclear warhead. The […]

Missile, X-7

X-7 missile. NMUSAF accession number 1999-031-001. Voucher number 1999-528. Manufactured by Lockheed Missile and Space Co., the X-7 was designed as a supersonic and hypersonic ramjet engine test bed in […]

Drone, XMQ-1B, Crossbow

XMQ-1B Crossbow. NMUSAF accession number 1999-030-002. Voucher number 1999-528. The XMQ-1B was an air-launched pilotless radio plane whose principal mission was to home in on and destroy external antennas of […]

Drone, XGAM-67A, Crossbow

XGAM-67A Crossbow. NMUSAF accession number 1999-030-003. Voucher number 1999-528. The Crossbow was a long-range cruise missile with a multi-waveband passive seeker that homed in on hostile radars. After being dropped […]

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