Object Details
Designer
Charles Johnson
Manufacturer
Pioneer Parachute Co., Inc.
Summary
Unflown parachute section from an Aerobee sounding rocket. Many payloads equired physical retrieval to be scientifically useful, and some were expensive enough to warrant trying to use them more than once, so parachute systems were developed starting in the 1940s to return payloads gently to Earth. They became reliable only in the 1950s. This artifact is part of a collection from the Naval Research Laboratory (see Catalogue numbers 19880001000-19880017000).
Transferred from NRL to the Museum in 1987.
Credit Line
Transferred from the Naval Research Laboratory
Inventory Number
A19880021000
Restrictions & Rights
Usage conditions apply
Type
EQUIPMENT-Parachutes
Materials
Nylon
Dimensions
Other: 10 in. diameter x 10 in. tall (25.4 x 25.4cm)
Country of Origin
United States of America
See more items in
National Air and Space Museum Collection
Location
Steven F. Udvar-Hazy Center in Chantilly, VA
Exhibit Station
Rockets & Missiles
Data Source
National Air and Space Museum
Link to Original Record
Record ID
nasm_A19880021000