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Overall view of one of the aft unit's air vanes, used to help guide the payload to its target. The air vanes are controlled by actuators inside the skirt section.

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Note the hexagonal jet nozzle on the counterfort at the base of the air vane; these were basically cold gas thrusters which also controlled the missile body's attitude.

 
Redstone Aft Unit and Warhead Section at Kansas Cosmosphere
Time picture taken Sat Dec 7 09:42:52 2013
Location picture taken Cold War Gallery
Space Hall
Kansas Cosmosphere
Hutchinson, KS
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