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Aeroshell "Flying Saucer"
Photographer: Don Morfe
Taken: September 9, 2008
Caption: Aeroshell "Flying Saucer"
Additional Description: This spacecraft was a section of the Voyager Balloon System which was launched near Roswell, NM and landed on White Sands Missile Range. These bright, shiny aeroshells projected an illusion of flying saucers. Aeroshell was designed for slowing down a missile for landing on Mars. This display is believed to be the only one "in captivity".
Submitted: January 30, 2014, by Don Morfe of Baltimore, Maryland.
Database Locator Identification Number: p265514
File Size: 2.888 Megabytes

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