Rocket Engine, Liquid Fuel, Gemini Reentry Control System (RCS)
Cylindrical, canted at about 30 degrees at one end for internal elliptical nozzle exit; plumbing at other end consisting of two vertical rods at V-angles to each other, serving as propellant inlet lines, and other, smaller diameter pipes projecting from their sides with downward, goose neck ends; two yellow plastic protective caps over end of two of smaller pipes and two other smaller pipes with sky blue plastic protective caps; canted nozzle end with matching angled mounting flange around opening; holes drilled into flange at lower side for fitting onto spacecraft side; red rubber protective nozzle cover, oval-shaped, with six-sided clear plastic dessicant container mounted on protective cover and adjacent white adhesive paper sticker with last dessicant filling date of 1/14/66; 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.
Created by
Smithsonian National Air and Space Museum
Date Created
12/20/2021
Source
Smithsonian National Air and Space Museum
Keywords
Engines; Gemini Program; Missions; Rockets; Space
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