<p>Looking northeast across the Space Hall at the Smithsonian Air and Space Museum in Washington, D.C.
</p><p>This is "Rocket Row" -- a grouping of famous missiles and rockets.  When the Air &amp; Space Museum was in smaller quarters behind the Smithsonian Castle (prior to the opening of its current building in 1976), these stood in a row outdoors.  They are now grouped in a major exhibit in the Space Hall.
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Left to right, they are:  Scout-D (so tall its nosecone cannot be seen), Jupiter-C (the "UE" marking), Minuteman III (green and white), and Vanguard (tall and black).  Flying overhead is the Tomahawk cruise missile.  The tailfins to the right belong to the Northrop M2-F3 Lifting Body.  An engineering back-up to the Hubble Space Telescope is rear right, and an engineeering back-up for the Skylab space station is rear left.
<a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.flickr.com/people/23165290@N00">Tim Evanson</a> from Cleveland Heights, Ohio, USA
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