Rocket Thrower
![Rocket Thrower statue in Flushing Meadows-Corona Park with Unisphere in Background](https://chronopoints.eecs.ucf.edu/wp-content/uploads/2018/07/rocket_thrower_rear-681x1024.jpg)
![Rocket Thrower statue in Flushing Meadows-Corona Park with Scanner](https://chronopoints.eecs.ucf.edu/wp-content/uploads/2018/07/rocket_thrower_fr-681x1024.jpg)
LOCATION: Flushing Meadows-Corona Park
DATE: 2014
ABOUT THE PROJECT
The Rocket Thrower sculpture is one of a handful of objects remaining in Flushing Meadows-Corona Park from the 1964/65 New York World’s Fair. Created by Donald De Lue, the bronze statue stands 43 feet high and is located along the Court of the Astronauts hurling a rocket toward the Unisphere.
We laser-scanned the Rocket Thrower in 2014, shortly after its 2013 restoration.
We would like to thank the New York City Department of Parks & Recreation