Welcome to the National Air and SpaceMuseum, part of the Smithsonian family.The flight of the Wrights in 1903 openedthe door to ever more rapid and powerfulascents into the third dimension. Thiscountry, putting its scientific and technicaltalents to work, has produced an array offascinating and complex machines. Fortunately,nearly all of the most significantones have been preserved, and a samplingof them is included in this booklet. I hopethat you will enjoy it, and that it will addto your understanding of what air and spaceprogress has meant to all of us.

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

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-MA6-74 (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)

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