Redstone Rocket

[dev02ify]

If this was for Minecraft, a redstone rocket! I'm thinking up a design with pistons when they get added.

[uconnjacob]

I thought this was for Minecraft. :( But cool, though.

[MightySaturn5]

I never knew the Pershing was considered a solid fuel version of the Redstone

[jkrspecnet]

The letters XE appear to be on the side of the missile thrust unit, just under the diagonal black stripe. If so, this was Redstone missile RS-9, launched in April 1955 at Atlantic Missile Range (AMR). RS- denoted missiles built by the Army Ballistic Missile Agency (ABMA) at Redstone Arsenal. XE denoted 09, which was missile RS-9. The letter-to-number code was derived from the name Huntsville, modified to H-U-N-T-S-V-I-L-E-X, which corresponded to 1-2-3-4-5-6-7-8-9-0.

[sticknNbookn]

Wow, that's very interesting.

[artwleb]

I agree this is the Cape....before the complete buildup of the 4 pads used for Redstone and Jupiter. The gantry was

very unique in appearance.

[jkrspecnet]

This video is most likely of a Redstone test program launch conducted at Cape Canaveral, Florida sometime in the 1950's, prior to the first launch conducted by the US Army troops of Battery A, 217th Field Artillery Missile Battalion, 40th Artillery Group in May 1958 at the Cape. The launch and flight segment of the video is just as I remember witnessing a similar Redstone missile launch conducted by Battery B of the 46th Artillery Group at White Sands Missile Range, New Mexico in April 1960.

[sticknNbookn]

That must have been amazing. I can't even imagine witnessing something like that.