Rocket Engine, Liquid Fuel, Thruster, for Lunar Module, Apollo
Object Details
- Manufacturer
- Reaction Motors Div., Thiokol Chemical Corp.
- Summary
- Shown here is a thruster (type unknown), made during the early 1960s, for the Project Apollo Lunar Module (LM) by the Reaction Motors Div. of the Thiokol Chemical Corp.
- Donated by the Reaction Motors Division of the Thiokol Chemical Corporation in 1977.
- Credit Line
- Gift of Reaction Motors Division, Thiokol Chemical Corporation
- Inventory Number
- A19771244000
- Restrictions & Rights
- Usage conditions apply
- Type
- PROPULSION-Rocket Engines
- Materials
- Gold plated, main cylindrical components; rectangular box for transducer, steel; electrical wires with white plastic insulation; black electrical tape strip around middle of cyinder, for covering two strands of smaller guage electrical wire, with red plastic insullation; two red plastic protective caps on screws jutting out from top of cylinder, and one red plastic screw.
- Stainless Steel, Steel, Gold Plating, Plastic, Copper, Anodized Aluminum, Paper, Natural Fabric
- Dimensions
- Overall (Main Body ): 8in. x 5 1/2in. x 5 1/2in. (20.3 x 14 x 14cm)
- Overall (Wire): 1ft 2in. x 3 1/2in. (35.6 x 8.9cm)
- 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_A19771244000
- Metadata Usage (text)
- Not determined
- GUID (Link to Original Record)
- http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/nv9e95278a0-154b-47fd-b6d3-c4ac16114df5
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