
Frederick C. Durant
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LOCATION: Chevy Chase, MD, United States
Aerospace historian. Assistant Director, Astronautics, National Air and Space Museum, Smithsonian Institution, Washington, D.C., 1965–81.
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Rocket and missile system, any of a variety of weapons systems that deliver explosive warheads to their targets by means of rocket propulsion. Rocket is a general term used broadly to describe a variety of jet-propelled missiles in which forward motion results from reaction to the rearward ejection…
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