A missile that has stood tall in an Auburn, Massachusetts park for more than 40 years has moved to a new home.

Crews used a crane to get the Polaris missile off the ground at Goddard Park near the Auburn Mall on Friday so it could be moved to the EcoTarium, a science museum in Worcester.

Goddard Park is named after Worcester native Robert Goddard , who is considered the father of modern rocketry.

Polaris missile was deteriorating

The Auburn Select Board voted in July to donate the missile to the EcoTarium, which had expressed an interest in restoring it and using it for educational purposes as part of the museum's space exhibit.

Auburn town manager Dori Vecchio said at the meeting that the missile was "rotted from within" and there were concerns that it might fall down.

"We had a

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