Large bell-shaped nozzle with much smaller constricted nozzle throat at other end and adjoining smaller combustion chamber on top; cooling jacket, around length of combustion chamber and throat; bi-propellant inlet pipes at end of combustion chamber, with adjoining solenoid valve and electrical wire with white plastic insulation; two-thirds of motor cutaway from top of combustion chamber to mid-point along length of the nozzle, showing the internal passages of the two pass cooling jacket and half the interior of the nozzle; nozzle, probably steel; plumbing, gold plated; solenoid valve with black plastic protective screw cap; four red plastic screw caps on pipe ends of plumbing and one other red plastic cover over another pipe; actual engine included a molybdenum nozzle extension, silicone carbide throat insert, and Rokide (RMD-developed high heat resistant ceramic) over cooling jacket passages. Created by Eric Long Date Created 06/09/2016 Source Smithsonian National Air and Space Museum Keywords Engines; Rockets; Space Rights and Restrictions Not Researched
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