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The photos below show the removal of the WSMR V-2 in 2002. The rocket was
loaded and transported to the Kansas
Cosmosphere and Space Center restoration facility. It underwent
an 18-month restoration and was returned for display at White Sands after
completion.
The Cosmosphere Restoration Lab near the Kansas Cosmosphere and Space Center conducted an extensive restoration on the V-2 rocket for the White Sands Missile Range in White Sands, New Mexico. This rocket is one of just a handful of complete, intact V-2s left in existence and is the fourth V-2 restoration conducted by the Cosmosphere in the last decade. It was quite a job - notice the concrete poured in the base of the rocket! Luckily, White Sands had another existing engine, however, completion of the project required the fabrication of many new parts. Photos below courtesy Rod Givens. (CLICK ON THUMBNAILS TO ENLARGE)
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The rocket stood sentinel outside the White Sands Missile Range Museum and Missile Park for many years. (CLICK ON THUMBNAILS TO ENLARGE)
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