Handwheel, Two Halves, Vertical Test Stand No. 1
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Object Details
- Manufacturer
- Rocketdyne Division, Rockwell International
- Summary
- These are sections of a hand wheel from Rocketdyne's Vertical Test Stand No. 1 (VTS-1) at its Santa Susana Field Laboratory in the Santa Susana Mountains, California. VTS-1 was an important site used by Rocketdyne and its predecessor from the 1950s for the testing the U.S.'s first large-scale liquid propellant rocket engines, starting with the Redstone missile engine. The wheel may have been used to open water tanks to cool down the stand after each firing.
- The Redstone engine evolved into the engines for the Thor, Jupiter, and Atlas missiles, the engines for the Saturn V launch vehicle that took men to the Moon, and the Shuttle Main Engine.
- This object was donated to the Smithsonian in 1996 by Rocketdyne.
- Credit Line
- Gift of Rockwell International Corporation, Rocketdyne Division.
- Inventory Number
- A20040134000
- Restrictions & Rights
- Usage conditions apply
- Type
- EQUIPMENT-Ground Control Apparatus
- Materials
- Steel
- Dimensions
- 3-D: 1.9 x 40cm (3/4 x 15 3/4 in.)
- Country of Origin
- United States of America
- See more items in
- National Air and Space Museum Collection
- Location
- Steven F. Udvar-Hazy Center in Chantilly, VA
- Exhibit Station
- Rockets & Missiles
- National Air and Space Museum
- Record ID
- nasm_A20040134000
- Metadata Usage (text)
- Not determined
- GUID (Link to Original Record)
- http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/nv9d7c1c66b-2e71-4743-8a72-c8c3120c23ec
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