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Model, Rocket Engine, NERVA Nuclear, on Moveable Test Stand, On Rails, 1:8 Scale

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    Irregular-shaped, rectangular, main component a box, approximately in center, with simulated remainder of flat car on one side of box and other side of flat car on other side of box; overall, painted gray; underneath at each end of flat cars, simulated but rotatable train wheels, a set of four in back and a set of four in front; large, shiny silver painted disc on top of box and simulated, silver painted piping projecting from disc; front flat car section with many pipes, some curved, all painted shiny silver; the whole of this section covered with transparent sheets of plexiglas, forming a rectangular plexiglas box on this car; black stenciled lettering on side of box: NRX and underneath, EST; additional stenciling on side of each side car sections, both identical, right and left, T-2; "Aerojet" decal added for authenticity.

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Smithsonian National Air and Space Museum

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11/19/2021

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Engines; Models; Rockets; Space

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Steven F. Udvar-Hazy Center 14390 Air and Space Museum Parkway
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