Rocket Engine, Liquid Fuel, Thruster, for Lunar Module, Apollo
Cylindrical, with slight flair at base, gold plated, with gray nozzle at base end; black electrical tape strip around middle of cyinder, for covering two strands of electrical wire, with red plastic insullation, ends of wires leading to a connecor on side of cylinder, connector with the number 6H 384, in black; rectangular-shaped metal fixture, apparently a transducer, on top (opposite end of base) of cylinder and at angle to the vertical, with following data: "Contract No. NAS8-15466 - RMD [Reaction Motors Division, Thiokol Chemical Corp.] Part No. 316305-200A1 - Serial No. 246 - Moog Inc. - Part No. 010-49029 - Model No. 52-1473; two red plastic protective caps on screws jutting out from top of cylinder, and one red plastic screw.
Created by
2015 NASM Mass Digitization Production Project (Ortery system)
Date Created
12/09/2015
Source
National Air and Space Museum, Smithsonian Institution.
Keywords
Apollo Program; Engines; Missions; Moon; Rockets; Space
Rights and Restrictions
Not determined
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