A further United Press International photo from a series of images taken at an NAR launch at Goddard Space Flight Center in Greenbelt, Maryland, on November 29, 1969. The sophisticated rack launch pad shown in this beautifully detailed photo is mainly dominated by launch-ready old-school boost gliders typical for the period.
The second rocket from the left looks like an extended Estes Astron Drifter, the third model from the left appears to be an Estes Astron Falcon rocket glider.
The press text attached to the rear of the original photo reads as follows:
WAP 1613622
MODEL ROCKETRY
GREENBELT, MD: On the launching pad at the Goddard Space Flight Center here, five await their turn while a sixth model rocket is launched. Model rockets do not require concrete bunkers for safety purposes. No extensive safety precautions are needed. The rockets are launched electrically from 10 to 15 feet. Each model rocket contains a recovery device such as a parachute, streamer or other high drag mechanism. The models are returned safely to the ground so that they can be flown many, many times. Some model rockets have been sent aloft as many as 100 times.
11/29/69
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