Rocket Engine, Liquid Fuel, Apollo Lunar Module Ascent Engine
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Object Details
- Manufacturer
- Bell Aerosystems Company
- Summary
- This is the Lunar Module Ascent Engine, one of the most important in the manned Project Apollo missions. It was used to lift up the ascent stage of the Lunar Excursion Module (LM) from the surface of the Moon. The LM then docked with the Command Module (CM) orbiting the Moon. Developed by Bell Aerosystems, the engine generated 3,500 pounds of thrust.
- The engine shown here was used in tests at White Sands Test Facility, New Mexico, in 1964, and was later installed on a Lunar Module test article for thermal tests at Grumman Aerospace, Bethpage, New York, the prime contractor for the LM. This engine was donated to the Smithsonian in 1972 by the Grumman Aerospace Co.
- Credit Line
- Grumman Aerospace Corp.
- Inventory Number
- A19721169000
- Restrictions & Rights
- Usage conditions apply
- Type
- PROPULSION-Rocket Engines
- Materials
- Refrasil phenolic ablator, insulated with asbestos phenolic and glass fiber wrapped structural case; propellant lines, stainless steel; injector and valves, aluminum; Teflon seals in valves; valve housings, stainless steel
- Dimensions
- Overall: 2ft x 4ft 4 1/2in., 250lb. (61 x 133.4cm, 113.4kg)
- Country of Origin
- United States of America
- See more items in
- National Air and Space Museum Collection
- National Air and Space Museum
- Record ID
- nasm_A19721169000
- Metadata Usage (text)
- Not determined
- GUID (Link to Original Record)
- http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/nv9451e9808-9c7e-4cf9-bd3c-f18dcfc9574b
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