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Rocket Engine, Liquid Fuel, Thruster, for Lunar Module, Apollo
Smithsonian's National Air and Space Museum
Washington, DC, United States
Shown here is a thruster (type unknown), made during the early 1960s, for the Project Apollo Lunar Module (LM) by the Reaction Motors Div. of the Thiokol Chemical Corp.Donated by the Reaction Motors Division of the Thiokol Chemical Corporation in 1977.
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- Title: Rocket Engine, Liquid Fuel, Thruster, for Lunar Module, Apollo
- Physical Dimensions: Overall (Main Body ): 8in. x 5 1/2in. x 5 1/2in. (20.3 x 14 x 14cm)Overall (Wire): 1ft 2in. x 3 1/2in. (35.6 x 8.9cm)
- External Link: https://airandspace.si.edu/collection/id/nasm_A19771244000
- Medium: Gold plated, main cylindrical components; rectangular box for transducer, steel; electrical wires with white plastic insulation; black electrical tape strip around middle of cyinder, for covering two strands of smaller guage electrical wire, with red plastic insullation; two red plastic protective caps on screws jutting out from top of cylinder, and one red plastic screw.Stainless Steel, Steel, Gold Plating, Plastic, Copper, Anodized Aluminum, Paper, Natural Fabric
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