Inertial Upper Stage (IUS)
Subject
Subject Source: Local sources
Scope Note: Rocket. The Inertial Upper Stage (IUS), originally designated the Interim Upper Stage, was a two-stage solid-fueled rocket upper stage developed by Boeing for the United States Air Force beginning in 1976 for raising payloads from low Earth orbit to higher orbits or interplanetary trajectories following launch aboard a Titan 34D or Titan IV rocket, or from the payload bay of the Space Shuttle.
Found in 1 Collection or Record:
Space Exploration Posters and Lithographs Collection
Collection
Identifier: 2019-00-00-125
Abstract
The Space Exploration Posters and Lithographs Collection is an artifical collection consisting of oversize textual and visual materials relating to aerospace, rocketry, astronauts, and the National Air and Space Administration (NASA), ranging from 1961-2006.
Dates:
1961-2006
Found in:
The Museum of Flight Archives