Rocket Engine, Liquid Fuel, Auxiliary Propulsion System (APS), Thruster, Saturn
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Object Details
- Manufacturer
- TRW, Inc., Electromechanical Division
- Summary
- This is an attitude control motor, or APS (Auxiliary Propulsion System), for the S-IVB (third stage) of the Saturn V launch vehicle developed for Project Apollo to carry humans to the Moon. APS motors provided three axis control of roll, pitch and yaw control for the S-IV during Earth orbit and injection into lunar orbit. Each motor produced 150 pounds of thrust.
- APS engines were used in all the Apollo Saturn V flights from 1967 to 1972. The Saturn V last flew when it lifted Skylab, the U.S.'s first Earth-orbiting space station, in 1973. The APS shown here was transferred to the NASM in 1974 by the McDonnell Douglas Co.
- Credit Line
- Gift of McDonnell Douglas Astronautics Company
- Inventory Number
- A19740784000
- Restrictions & Rights
- Usage conditions apply
- Type
- PROPULSION-Rocket Engines
- Materials
- Silica
- Aluminum Alloy
- Stainless Steel
- Phenolic resin
- Fiberglass
- Plastic
- Adhesive Tape
- Zirconia Coating
- Dimensions
- 3-D: 41.9 × 35.6 × 17.8cm (1 ft. 4 1/2 in. × 1 ft. 2 in. × 7 in.)
- 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_A19740784000
- Metadata Usage (text)
- Not determined
- GUID (Link to Original Record)
- http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/nv914758d8d-bbbf-4c06-9411-ce0b1b1abd21
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