Object Details
- Summary
- This is an unassembled Astron Nighthawk flying rocket model built by Estes Industries. The model has a pasteboard and plastic body, balsa nosecone and fins, and a cloth 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. Not included in this kit are the motor, the launch controller that is used to ignite the motor, and the launch pad from which the model is launched.
- This model was donated by G. Harry Stine, one of the American pioneers in the hobby of flying models.
- Data Source
- National Air and Space Museum
- Manufacturer
- Estes Industries, Inc.
- Credit Line
- Gift of G. Harry Stine
- Materials
- Wood, Paper, Plastic, Cardboard, Rubber, Cotton, Lead, Steel, Adhesive
- Dimensions
- Overall: 1ft 1in. x 6 1/2in. x 1 1/2in. (33.02 x 16.51 x 3.81cm)
- Type
- MODELS-Missiles & Rockets
