Rocket, Flying Model, Astron Scout

This is an Astron Scout flying rocket model, one of the first model rockets to use the tumble recovery technique. It was designed by Vern Estes, founder of Estes Industries, and was the first model rocket commercially produced by the firm. The model has a pasteboard body and nosecone and balsa fins. A solid propellant rocket motor propels the model. After it stops burning, the model returns to earth and can be used again.

This model was donated by G. Harry Stine, one of the American pioneers in the field of flying rocket models.