Creator(s): National Aeronautics and Space Administration. 10/1/1958- (Most Recent)
Series: Headquarters' Films Relating to Aeronautics, 1962 - 1981
Record Group 255: Records of the National Aeronautics and Space Administration, 1903 - 2006

Production Date: 1968

Scope & Content: This film explains why the United States needed to develop the nuclear rocket and how the nuclear engine works. The footage also illustrates a combination of nuclear and chemical rocket stages that might be used in a manned mission to Mars.

Contact(s): National Archives at College Park - Motion Pictures (RDSM), National Archives at College Park, 8601 Adelphi Road
College Park, MD 20740-6001
Phone: 301-837-3540, Fax: 301-837-3620, Email: [email protected]

Local Identifier: 255-HQ-152
National Archives Identifier: 1257273

National Archives Catalog: https://catalog.archives.gov/id/1257273