Rocket Engine, Liquid Fuel, Radiamic; also Designated C-1; Cutaway
Object Details
- Manufacturer
- Reaction Motors Div., Thiokol Chemical Corp.
- Summary
- This is a cutaway of the Radiamic liquid-fuel thruster. It was also designed C-1, for Common Engine.
- Starting in 1965, it was produced by the Reaction Motors Division of the Thiokol Chemical Corporation as a versatile, small liquid-fuel auxiliary rocket engine adaptable for a number of launch vehicles and spacecraft control systems. It could produce around 80-100 pounds of thrust.
- This engine was donated to the Smithsonian in 1976 by NASA's Marshall Space Flight Center.
- Credit Line
- Transferred from the National Aeronautics and Space Administration
- ca. 1965-1967
- Inventory Number
- A19760799000
- Restrictions & Rights
- Usage conditions apply
- Type
- PROPULSION-Rocket Engines
- Materials
- Nozzle, probably steel; plumbing, gold plated; solenoid valve with black plastic protective cover; and four red plastic screw caps on pipe ends of plumbing and one other red plastic cover over another pipe.
- Dimensions
- 3-D (Model): 46.4 × 18.1 × 18.1cm (1 ft. 6 1/4 in. × 7 1/8 in. × 7 1/8 in.)
- Other (Height on Stand): 30.5cm (1 ft.)
- Country of Origin
- United States of America
- See more items in
- National Air and Space Museum Collection
- National Air and Space Museum
- Record ID
- nasm_A19760799000
- Metadata Usage (text)
- Not determined
- GUID (Link to Original Record)
- http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/nv9f4a83525-b157-4c64-88e1-7904fd624ff7
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