Hermes project

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 in

cite 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&currentrecord=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 was General Electric).

After the end of World War II, the project was expanded to include test firings and further development of V-2 rocket pioneered by Nazi 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 the White 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
]

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