Presentation of RVX1-5 Missile Reentry Nose Cone to National Air Museum
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Creator: United States National Museum Photographic Laboratory
Form/Genre: Black-and-white photographs
Date: 1960
Citation: Smithsonian Institution Archives, Record Unit 95, Box 57, Folder 23, Image No. SIA_000095_B57_F23_002
Presentation of RVX1-5 missile reentry nose cone, the first reentry nose cone to be recovered after a space flight of intercontinental range, to the National Air Museum (NAM) by United States Air Force (USAF), with Philip S. Hopkins, NAM director (seated, far right).
USNM No. 46996A
Smithsonian Institution Archives, Record Unit 95, Box 57, Folder 23, Image No. SIA_000095_B57_F23_002
Smithsonian Institution Archives Capital Gallery, Suite 3000, MRC 507; 600 Maryland Avenue, SW; Washington, DC 20024-2520
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SIA RU000095 [SIA_000095_B57_F23_002]
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