Rocket Row

Summary

"Rocket Row" along the west side of the Arts and Industries Building before the National Air and Space Museum was built. The four missiles on exhibit are: From left to right, the Jupiter C, which launched Explorer I, the first U.S. satellite; the Vanguard; the Polaris A-1, the first U.S. submarine-launched ICBM; and the Atlas, the famed Mercury launch vehicle. Cars are parked in the parking lot and Independence Avenue can be seen in the background.

Subject

• Rocket Row
• Arts and Industries Building
• National Air and Space Museum
• South Yard

Category

Historic Images of the Smithsonian

Notes

This photo was taken at some point in or after 1961 when the last two rockets, Polaris A-1and Atlas, were acquired, but before the Polaris A-1 was swapped for the Polaris A-3 in 1967.

Contained within

Smithsonian Institution Archives, Accession 11-009

Contact information

Institutional History Division, Smithsonian Archives, 600 Maryland Avenue, SW, Washington, D.C. 20024-2520, SIHistory@si.edu

Date

1961

Restrictions & Rights

No restrictions

Topic

• Museum buildings
• Ballistic missiles
• Polaris (missile)
• Vanguard (missile)
• Grounds
• Space flight
• Mercury (missile)
• Rockets (Aeronautics)
• Astronautics
• Missiles
• Space vehicles

Place

• Washington DC
• United States of America

Form/Genre

• Exterior
• Transparencies

ID Number

73-7185

Physical description

Number of Images: 1; Color: Color; Size: 4w x 5h; Type of Image: Exterior; Exhibit; Medium: Color Transparency

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