New Mexico museum’s rocket sled to be displayed at Smithsonian
ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (KRQE) – A historical sled is taking off once again, this time, out of the state.
The Sonic Wind Rocket Sled blasted off at Holloman’s High Speed Test Track back in 1954 making John P. Stapp the fastest man alive at the time.
The Air Force gave Stapp the sled back in the ’70s and he donated it to the Smithsonian. That’s until the New Mexico Museum of Space History was created. Stapp requested the sled be put on display there.
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