Disc, obverse, injector face plate proper with many tiny injector holes drilled around orbits or circles; outermost ring, with larger, equidistant holes, for attaching plate to combustion chamber of rocket engine, outermost rings with white and yellow caked on residue; this residue needs to be removed and the whole cleaned; top of disc, concave or partial dome, containing the plumbing for the injector head; this side consists of two upright thick pipes, one on each side, and a crosswise aluminum beam with carrying handle welded on flat top of beam; inlet propellant pipes, curved, from cylindrical attachment on top side of beam, making lasso shape on top of concave; another pipe, coming from thick pipe, curved around one third distance of concave top and terminating with end of pipe leading into concave dome on other side; straight propellant pipe from upright thick pipe and bending and curving into side of dome top. This side also contains relief or other valves. Created by Smithsonian National Air and Space Museum Date Created 11/29/2021 Source Smithsonian National Air and Space Museum Keywords Apollo Program; Missions; Moon; Space Rights and Restrictions Not determined
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