Irregularly-shaped, main cylinder in middle, with threads around bottom circumference and large diameter black cylinder screwed on top; two identical curved hollow rods projecting from each side of top of cylinder (black cylinder), in a yoke-like configuration; two identical thinner rods projecting upwards, by means of rectangular attachments, half way down the middle of each of the curved rods, facing the lower threads of the main cylinder; rectangular, hollow bar, with equidistant holes drilled through it, attached at top to the two thinner rods, by being threaded and secured to bottom thinner rods by nuts on both sides of hollow rectangular bar; another thin rod, slightly bent, projecting upwards from top of main cylinder (from center of black cylinder) in middle of assembly, with spring around the entire length of this thinner rod, and jutting out from central cylinder; the whole assembly secured by nuts and washers on top of the hollow rectangular bar; overall, brown from surface rust, although still exhibitable.
Created by
Smithsonian National Air and Space Museum
Source
Smithsonian National Air and Space Museum
Keywords
Engineers; Exploration; Rockets; Space
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