Presentation of RVX1-5 Missile Reentry Nose Cone to National Air Museum

ID: SIA RU000095 [SIA_000095_B57_F23_005]

Creator: Unknown

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_005

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Summary

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 General Bernard A. Schriever, USAF (center); and Philip S. Hopkins, NAM director (right).

Subject

  • Schriever, Bernard A
  • Hopkins, Philip S
  • National Air Museum (U.S.)
  • United States Air Force
  • National Air and Space Museum

Cite as

Smithsonian Institution Archives, Record Unit 95, Box 57, Folder 23, Image No. SIA_000095_B57_F23_005

Repository Loc.

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

Date

  • 1960
  • October 18, 1960

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  • Copyright Undetermined

Topic

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Form/Genre

Black-and-white photographs

Local number

SIA RU000095 [SIA_000095_B57_F23_005]

Physical description

Gelatin silver prints; 8 x 10;

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