• Rocket Engine, Liquid Fuel, D50C1
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    Cylinder with flat-headed cone welded on top. Internal nozzle in cone. The cylinder served as the combustion chamber. Smaller diameter pipe attached at rear of chamber and containing injectors and igniter. Two bent elbow pipes leading from side of chamber rearward and one twisted, copper electrical ignition pipe also projecting from side of chamber. Gray overall, with copper colored ignition pipe.

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Smithsonian National Air and Space Museum

Date Created

02/14/2022

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Smithsonian National Air and Space Museum

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Engines; Rockets; Space

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