Weather Robot -- This Navy "Grasshopper," one of the nine being built at the Indianapolis Naval Ordnance Depot for Antarctic use, is an airborne weather station. Dropped from a plane, it shoots out six legs and a 20-foor antenna, then broadcasts weather data for six months without servicing.

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Weather Robot -- This Navy "Grasshopper," one of the nine being built at the Indianapolis Naval Ordnance Depot for Antarctic use, is an airborne weather station. Dropped from a plane, it shoots out six legs and a 20-foor antenna, then broadcasts weather data for six months without servicing.

Associated Press · [ca. June 1956]

RightsCC0 — Public Domain

CollectionDigital Commonwealth — Boston Public Library

[Information from item housing] Weather: Misc: Wire Photos

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