US Army/NASA Juno II Rocket - US Space & Rocket Center, Huntsville, AL
N 34° 42.631 W 086° 39.260
16S E 531653 N 3840995
A Juno II Rocket on static display outside of the Main Exhibit Building at the US Space & Rocket Center in Huntsville AL
Waymark Code: WMWXMP
Location: Alabama, United States
Date Posted: 10/26/2017
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There are dozens of rockets, missiles, missile launchers, and other aircraft on static display outside of the Main Exhibit Building at the US Space & Rocket Center in Huntsville, AL.
The waymarked Juno II Rocket is located near two smaller rockets near the German V-1.
An interpretive sign reads as follows:
"US ARMY/NASA JUNO II
The Juno II was a modified Jupiter rocket with upper stages and payload sections. Its single engine - just like the Jupiter’s - could be gimbaled during launch for steering control. Juno II played an important role in the history of spaceflight. In March, 1959 the vehicle launched Pioneer IV on America’s first successful lunar flyby mission. Pioneer IV was also the first US probe to go into orbit around the sun.
This vehicle launched a number of satellites into Earth orbit, including Explorer VII (October, 1959), which measured x-rays from the sun, and Explorer XI (April 1961), the first gamma ray satellite.
Length: 77.1 ft
Diameter: 8.8ft
Weight: 110,495 lbs
Thrust: 150,000 lbs
Propellants:
(stage 1) Liquid Oxygen and kerosene
(upper stages) Rubber-based solid propellant
Contractors:
Chrysler Corporation (fuselage)
Rocketdyne Div., North American Aviation (first stage propulsion)
Thiokol for the Jet Propulsion Laboratory (upper stage propulsion)"
Type of Aircraft: (make/model): Juno II Rocket
Construction:: original aircraft
Location (park, airport, museum, etc.): US Space & Rocket Center, Huntsville AL
inside / outside: outside
Access restrictions:
Open 7 days a week, 9 a.m. – 5 p.m.
Closed Thanksgiving Day, Christmas Eve, Christmas Day and New Year’s Day.
Tail Number: (S/N): Not listed
Other Information:: Not listed
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Visit Instructions:
Photo of aircraft (required - will be interesting to see if the aircraft is ever repainted or progress if being restored)
Photo of serial number (required unless there is not one or it is a replica)
Photo(s) of any artwork on the aircraft (optional but interesting)
Tell why you are visiting this waymark along with any other interesting facts or personal experiences about the aircraft not already mentioned.