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This is an Estes Phoenix model rocket, fired from a scratch-built barge pushed by the Dumas electric tug "Farwell."  The rocket, heavily damaged from prior misadventures, was to be put out to pasture in this launch, by firing it into Peconic Bay without a recovery system (parachute).  Two cameras were installed in a custom-built waterproof capsule in its midsection, though only the nose camera functioned properly.  Four other cameras captured the launch from multiple angles.  "To our great surprise, Phoenix glided several hundred feet in near-level flight after engine cutoff, and survived the violent impact with the water with hardly a scratch.  It was recovered immediately after landing - along with its cameras."  NASA radio chatter sound bites were taken from NASA archives of the Apollo 9, Apollo 13, and Space Shuttle programs.

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