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Jupiter C w/Explorer 1 (1958)
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SCALE: 1/110 |
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INITIAL RELEASE: 1959 |
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MEDIUM: Polystyrene |
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RARITY: (4) |
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ABOUT THE DESIGN |
ABOUT THE KIT |
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First successfully test-fired in 1956, the Jupiter C was actually a Juno missile (a modified Redstone) adapted for satellite-launching missions. Based heavily on Werner von Braun's WWII-era V-2, the Jupiter C made history on January 31, 1958 when -- following the failure of the Navy's Vanguard satellite launch the previous December -- it launched Explorer 1, America's first successful orbital satellite. |
Revell came out with this nicely detailed kit in 1958, and then re-released a "History Makers" version some 25 years later. This is a version of the "History Makers" kit purchased in and built in the mid-1980's. |
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Original Box Art |
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History Makers Box Art |
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Real Space |
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