Rocket Engine, Liquid Fuel, Gemini Reentry Control System (RCS), for Spacecraft
Cylindrical, canted at about 30 degrees at one end for internal elliptical nozzle exit; plumbing at other end consisting of two parallel vertical rods serving as propellant inlet lines, and other, smaller diameter pipes projecting from their sides with downward, goose neck ends; some pipes missing. Canted nozzle end with matching angled mounting flange around opening; holes drilled into flange at lower side for fitting onto spacecraft side. Overall, stainless steel, with brown phenolic nozzle protruding from nozzle flange. Small rectangular black and white metal manufacturer's plate mounted around top of cylinder, or thrust chamber. Lacks usual nozzle protective cover and opening of nozzle covered only by fillament tape; with mounting bracket.
Created by
2015 NASM Mass Digitization Production Project (Ortery system)
Date Created
12/09/2015
Source
National Air and Space Museum, Smithsonian Institution.
Keywords
Engines; Gemini Program; Missions; Rockets; Space
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