A large futuristic rocket triangel table. Alexei M. Isayev (1908-1971), circa 19...

149 - A large futuristic rocket triangel table. Alexei M. Isayev (1908-1971), circa 19...

A large futuristic rocket triangel table. Alexei M. Isayev (1908-1971), circa 1950. Three wind tunnel model of ideal aerodynamic rocket designed by Russian aerospace engineer Alexei M. Isayev. Gilded. With metal mounting and glass plate. 51 cm high, 175 cm long. Alexei Isayev specialized in small-scale, liquid-fuelled rocket engines for Soviet manned and unmanned spacecraft. From 1957 to 1967 his engines powered the rockets carrying the first artificial satellites, the first man in space, and the first unmanned probes to the Moon and Venus. At the same time, in the 1950s, he was working on engines for surface-to-air missiles (SAMs) and air-to-sea missiles.

Alexei M. Isayev (1909-1971), 1950-1960

Catalogueprice: 2.600 - 3.200 €

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