Viking 2—bound for Mars—is launched aboard Titan Centaur on September 9, 1975.
Library of Congress Cataloging in Publication Data
National Air and Space Museum. Rockets, missiles, and spacecraft of the National Air and Space Museum, Smithsonian Institution, Washington, D.C. Bibliography: p. 1. Astronautics—United States—Exhibitions. 2. National Air and Space Museum. I. Murphy, Lynne C. II. Title: Rockets, missiles, and spacecraft of the National Air and Space Museum ... TL506.U6W376 1976 629.4′0973′0740153 76-6961
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Designed by Elizabeth Sur
Negative numbers and photo credits
1, A-42103 (SI); 2, 74-H-1066 (NASA); 3, 74-H-1244 (NASA); 4, A-3757 (SI); 5, 72-8670 (SI); 6, 58-Explorer I-1 (NASA); 7, 62-Mariner II-34 (NASA); 8, 63-Mariner II-26 (NASA); 9, 62-MA 6-74 (NASA); 10, 62-MA6-111 (NASA); 11, 65-H-934 (NASA); 12, 65-H-937 (NASA); 13, 69-H-1199 (NASA); 14, 69-H-1367 (NASA); 15, 76-4880-81 (SI); 16, P-14054 (JPL, NASA, Pasadena, California); 17, 73-H-993 (NASA); 18, 74-H-239 (NASA); 19, 75-15926 (SI); 20, 74-H-1220 (NASA); 21, A-50483 (SI); 22, 65-H-817 (NASA); 23, 76-1706 (SI); 24, 76-1705 (SI); 25, 71-H-413 (NASA); 26, 62-NC-2 (NASA); 27, 63-ARCAS-1 (NASA); 28, 75-16094 (SI); 29, 75-16228 (SI); 30, 75-16276 (SI); 31, 61-DELTA-4-6 (NASA); 32, 66-H-223 (NASA); 33, VAN-11 (NASA); 34, 67-H-1008 (NASA); 35, 66-H-28 (NASA); 36, 60-TIROS-5 (NASA); 37, 69-H-1915 (NASA); 38, 68-H-111 (NASA); 39, 62-RELAY-17 (NASA); 40, 71-H-1414 (NASA); 41, 69-H-285 (NASA); 42, 66-H-871 (NASA); 43, 76-H-1182 (NASA); 44, 69-H-1986 (NASA); 45, 76-1704 (SI); 46, A-459994 (SI); 47, A-5293 (SI); 48, A-1085 (SI); 49, 75-11488 (SI); 50, A-4554 (SI); 51, 72-H-1240 (NASA); 52, 63-CENTAUR-15 (NASA); 53, 75-13753 (SI); 54, 76-2756 (SI); 55, 76-2687 (SI); 56, 75-H-461 (NASA); 57, 76-4479-6 (SI); 58, 62-MA6-109 (NASA); 59, 71-H-1380 (NASA); 60, 65-H-1021 (NASA); 61, A-5367 (SI); 62, 75-10232 (SI); 63, A-5073 (SI); 64, 75-16091 (SI); 65, 76-1625-11 (SI); 66, 73-733 (SI); 67, SPACE-12 (NASA); 68, 67-H-1609 (NASA); 69, 64-H-2795 (NASA); 70, 65-H-674 (NASA); 71, 76-1707 (SI); 72, 76-1708 (SI); 73, 73-H-928 (NASA); 74, 71-H-398 (NASA); 75, 68-H-423 (NASA); 76, 68-H-422 (NASA); 77, 75-H-248 (NASA); 78, 75-H-1081 (NASA); 79, 75-H-891 (NASA); 80, 75-H-1077 (NASA); 81, 71-H-525 (NASA); 82, 61-MR3-76 (NASA); 83, 65-H-2355 (NASA); 84, 72-H-734 (NASA); 85, 62-F1-2 (NASA); 86, 67-H-1205 (NASA); 87, 71-H-1416 (NASA); 88, 70-H-1392 (NASA); 89, 71-H-335 (NASA); 90, 74-H-63 (NASA); 91, S-71-45480 (NASA, Johnson Space Center); 92, 72-H-1571 (NASA).
Contents
[Introduction] 6 [a]Milestones of Flight] Gallery 100 [Robert H. Goddard’s Rockets: March 16, 1926, and 1941] 7 [Sputnik 1] 8 [Explorer 1] 9 [Mariner 2] 10 [Friendship 7] 11 [Gemini 4] 12 [Apollo 11 Command Module, Columbia] 13 [a]Life in the Universe] Gallery 107 [Ponnamperuma Experiments] 14 [Photomosaic Globe of Mars] 15 [Mariner 10] 16 [U.S.S. Enterprise] 17 [a]Satellites] Gallery 110 [Goddard A-Series Rocket, 1935] 18 [WAC Corporal] 19 [Aerobee 150] 20 [Farside] 21 [Nike-Cajun] 22 [ARCAS] 23 [Cricket] 24 [Viking 12] 25 [MOUSE] 26 [Agena-B] 27 [Science Satellites] 28 [Meteorological Satellites] 30 [Communications Satellites] 32 [a]East Gallery] Gallery 112 [Lunar Module] 34 [Lunar Orbiter] 35 [Surveyor] 36 [a]Rocketry and Space Flight] Gallery 113 [Goddard Rockets: May 1926 and “Hoopskirt,” 1928] 37 [19th-Century Rockets: Congreve and Hale] 38 [American Rocket Society: Engines and Parts] 39 [H-1 Engine] 40 [RL-10 Engine] 41 [JATO Units] 42 [LR-87 Engine] 43 [Toward 2076: The Future of Rocket Propulsion] 44 [Project Orion] 45 [Space Suits] 46 [a]Space Hall] Gallery 114 [V-2 (A-4)] 48 [V-1] 49 [German Antiaircraft Missiles] 50 [Jupiter-C] 51 [Vanguard] 52 [Scout] 53 [Minuteman III] 54 [Poseidon C-3] 55 [Skylab] 56 [Apollo-Soyuz Test Project] 58 [M2-F3 Lifting Body] 60 [a]Apollo to the Moon] Gallery 210 [Freedom 7] 61 [Gemini 7] 62 [F-1 Engine] 63 [Lunar Roving Vehicle] 64 [Apollo Lunar Tools and Equipment] 65 [Apollo Command Module: Skylab 4] 66 [Moon Rocks] 67 [Suggested Reading] 68