Object Details
Manufacturer
NASA Marshall Space Flight Center
Summary
This is a conceptual model of the Saturn V rocket with a RIFT (reactor-in-flight-test) payload. RIFT was part of the joint National Aeronautics and Space Administration-Atomic Energy Commission NERVA (nuclear engine for rocket vehicle application) program. Although the Saturn V was built primarily for launching astronauts to the moon, it was to be used also in the NERVA program to launch various payloads. The NERVA program was cancelled in the mid-1960s.
NASA's Marshall Space Flight Center made the model and donated it to the Museum in 1974.
Credit Line
Transferred from the National Aeronautics and Space Administration
Inventory Number
A19940098000
Restrictions & Rights
Usage conditions apply
Type
MODELS-Missiles & Rockets
Materials
Rocket is plastic and base is wood with a metal citation plate. Wood storage box.
Dimensions
Other (Model): 47 1/2 × 8 1/4 in. (120.7 × 21cm)
Other (storage box): 32 1/2 × 9 1/4 × 17 1/2 in. (82.6 × 23.5 × 44.5cm)
Country of Origin
United States of America
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Data Source
National Air and Space Museum
Link to Original Record
Record ID
nasm_A19940098000