Spherical combustion chamber with exhaust nozzle attached at bottom; vertical, rectangular segment cut out on side of chamber, revealing a dummy, rubber-like solid propellant within and top of semi-submerged nozzle; front, one third of nozzle also cutaway; wide V-shaped thrust skirt affixed to both sides of middle of chamber by fairings on both sides with bottom of V flat forming a rest for nozzle. Pyrogen assembly shaft, silver, extending through top of chamber and through dummy propellant middle, also seen in cutaway; safe and arm device protruding from top of chamber. Spherical chamber painted glossy canary yellow; dummy propellant in cutaway, gray; nozzle inside and out, black.
Created by
Smithsonian National Air and Space Museum
Date Created
01/13/2022
Source
Smithsonian National Air and Space Museum
Keywords
Rockets; Space
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