Object Details
- Description
- Engineers at the NASA Goddard Space Flight Center in Greenbelt, Maryland, constructed the Ariel 2 from parts of Ariel test models. NASA transferred the Ariel 2 to the Smithsonian National Air and Space Museum in 1975.
- Data Source
- Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum
- Designer
- Goddard Space Flight Center, USA
- Manufacturer
- Micarta, American, founded ca. 1910
- NASA, USA
- Date
- 1970s, Original launch date March 27, 1964
- Credit Line
- Smithsonian National Air and Space Museum, Transferred from NASA, A19751411000
- Medium
- Epoxy-bonded fiberglass, aluminum, other light metals, plastics.
- Dimensions
- H x W x D (overall): 231.1 x 154.9 x 231.1 cm (91 x 61 x 91 in.)
- Type
- Exhibitions
- Object Name
- Satellite
- Type
- Satellite
