- Hermes project
Infobox Rocket
name = Hermes A-1, A-3B
function = A-1:Experimental
manufacturer = A-1 (1946):General Electric
country-origin =United States
height = A-1: 300 incite web |title = Hermes A-3B | url = http://www.nasm.si.edu/spacecraft/RM-HermesA-3B.htm |format=html | publisher = Smithsonian National Air and Space Museum |accessdate= ]
diameter = A-1: 34 5/8 in
mass = A-1: 3000 lb
status = Retired
sites =White Sands Proving Ground
launches = 58 [cite web |title = Bumper 8 - 50th Anniversary of the First Launch on Cape Canaveral - Group Oral History |url=http://72.14.205.104/search?q=cache:e04S7T2RUzUJ:www.ksc.nasa.gov/kscoralhistory/documents/ngray.pdf+%22Bumper+8+-+50th+Anniversary%22&hl=en&ct=clnk&cd=1&gl=us |format=html| publisher = NASA]
A-1: Five (May 1950-April 1951)
A-3B: Six - 1 failed (1953-1954) [http://collections.nasm.si.edu/code/emuseum.asp?style=single¤trecord=8&page=search&profile=objects&searchdesc=hermes&quicksearch=hermes&newvalues=1&newcurrentrecord=9]The Hermes project (November 20, 1944-December 31, 1954) was an
Ordnance Corps (United States Army) rocket program (the contractor wasGeneral Electric ).After the end of
World War II , the project was expanded to include test firings and further development ofV-2 rocket pioneered byNazi Germany . On April 16, 1946, the project's first V-2 launch took place at [http://www.nps.gov/history/history/online_books/butowsky4/space25.htm Launch Complex 33] (a [http://ublib.buffalo.edu/libraries/e-resources/ebooks/records/7186.html National Historical Landmark] ) of theWhite Sands Proving Grounds , reaching only 3.4 miles altitude. [cite web | url =http://www.google.com/search?hl=en&rlz=1T4GWYG_en___US250&q=%22This+chronology+includes+events+relating+to+White+Sands+Missile+Range%22
title = Area and Missile Range Chronology | publisher = White Sands Missile Range]References
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