Test vehicle. Country: USA. Status: Retired. Two-stage test vehicle to make heat transfer studies at high speed in free flight, launched from NACA's Pilotless Aircraft Reserach Station at Wallops Island, Va. Vehicle was developed by PARD of Langley Laboratory.
Manufacturer: NASA.
RM-10 Chronology
1949 April 8 - Wallops Island -. First successful rocket-propelled RM-10 rocket. First successful rocket-propelled RM-10 research missile for drag and heat transfer studies at transonic and supersonic speeds, making use of skin calorimeter techniques, at Wallops Island, Va.
1949 April 8 - RM-10 Heat transfer studies
1957 February 7 - Wallops Island -. First RM-10 2 stage test. First of a series of two-stage test vehicles (RM-10) to make heat transfer studies at high speed in free flight, was launched from NACA's Pilotless Aircraft Reserach Station at Wallops Island, Va. Vehicle was developed by PARD of Langley Laboratory.
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