Object Details
- Manufacturer
- North American Aviation Inc.
- Summary
- This two-chambered, liquid-fuel rocket engine built by North American Aviation served as the booster for the Navaho missile that was powered by two ramjets. The booster was to quickly get the missile up to supersonic speed for its ramjets to operate. Each chamber produced 120,000 pounds of thrust, or 240,000 pounds total, using kerosene and liquid oxygen as propellants.
- Navaho had a 8,850 kilometer (5,500 mile) range. It never became operational and was canceled in 1957. However, its booster-rocket engine was extremely important in the evolution of American large-scale, liquid-fuel engines, including those for the Redstone, Jupiter, Thor, and Atlas missiles, the Saturn V launch vehicle, and the Space Shuttle. This object was donated to the Smithsonian in 1970 by Rocketdyne.
- Alternate Name
- Navajo Rocket Engine
- Credit Line
- Gift of Rocketdyne, Division of North American Aviation Co.
- 1951-1956
- Inventory Number
- A19700250000
- Restrictions & Rights
- CC0
- Type
- PROPULSION-Rocket Engines
- Materials
- Titanium alloys, stainless steel, and other metals.
- Dimensions
- Overall: 6 ft. 7 in. tall x 6 ft. 4 in. wide x 8 ft. 9 in. long (200.66 x 193.04 x 266.7cm)
- Other (Chamber): 5 ft. 5 1/2 in. diameter (166.37cm)
- Country of Origin
- United States of America
- See more items in
- National Air and Space Museum Collection
- Location
- Steven F. Udvar-Hazy Center in Chantilly, VA
- Exhibit Station
- Rockets & Missiles
- National Air and Space Museum
- Record ID
- nasm_A19700250000
- GUID (Link to Original Record)
- http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/nv93abcdcfa-2051-4e9b-81dc-edbe57c467d6
