George C. Kenyon (d. 2003)

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Summary

George C. Kenyon (d. 2003), NASA aeronautical engineer. Kenyon was "a principal contributor to development of the world's first maneuverable, but wingless, space vehicle. This one-seventh scale model of the flight-test vehicle shows the over-sized canopy and dorsal fin added to assure safety in early full-scale tests."

Subject

  • Kenyon, George C. -2003
  • United States National Aeronautics and Space Administration

Cite as

Smithsonian Institution Archives, Accession 90-105, Science Service Records, Image No. SIA2008-4752

Repository Loc.

Smithsonian Institution Archives Capital Gallery, Suite 3000, MRC 507; 600 Maryland Avenue, SW; Washington, DC 20024-2520

Date

  • 1963
  • February 26, 1963

Restrictions & Rights

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  • Copyright Not Evaluated

Topic

  • Space flight
  • Aerospace engineering
  • Space vehicles

Form/Genre

Black-and-white photographs

Local number

SIA Acc. 90-105 [SIA2008-4752]

Physical description

Gelatin silver prints

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