• Rocket Engine, Liquid Fuel, Auxiliary Propulsion System (APS), Thruster, Saturn
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    Partly cylindrical, flaring out to nozzle at base, constituting the combustion chamber; 4 black square mounting plates affixed at equidistant points around top of chamber; plumbing (injectors and electrical hookups) atop chamber, with two pipes and thick cylinders around each, protruding at angles from the vertical on either side of plumbing assembly on top Molybdenum throat; sprayed zirconia coating on same; fiberglass covering on the main rocket motor chamber, with under coat of phenolic impregnated silica

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Smithsonian National Air and Space Museum

Date Created

12/21/2021

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Smithsonian National Air and Space Museum

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Engines; Launch Vehicles; Rockets; Space

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