Model of Titan II, mounted beside core from Gemini IV

Made:
1965

Model of Titan II rocket mounted beside a core from the heat shield of the Gemini IV space capsule in which the U.S. astronauts, McDivitt and White, made 62 orbits of the earth 3/5 June 1965, (mounted on small wooden panel). Original rocket made by Martin Marietta Corporation

Details

Category:
Space Technology
Object Number:
1966-398
Materials:
metal (unknown), wood (unidentified), plastic (unidentified), resin (unidentified), brass (copper, zinc alloy) and fibre (unidentified)
Measurements:
overall: 13.9764 x 9.4488 x 15.748 in.; 355 x 240 x 400 mm
type:
rocket, heat shield core and model
credit:
Lent by His Majesty the King