Rocket Motor, Solid Fuel, Gemini Retro, also Designated TE-M-385 or 5.4-KS-2580
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Object Details
- Manufacturer
- Thiokol Chemical Corporation
- Summary
- This is a Gemini retro rocket that provided a means of slowing down the two-man Gemini Earth-orbiting U.S. manned spacecraft to permit its reentry into Earth's atmosphere. Four of the solid-fuel rockets fired successively. The rockets could also be used to separate the spacecraft from the launch vehicle in case of a high altitude launch abort but were never used for that purpose.
- The retro rocket was fitted onto the top half of the spacecraft's adapter section. The motor produced a thrust of 2,580 pounds for about five seconds. The retro system was used in all ten manned Gemini missions from 1965-1966. This motor was donated to the Smithsonian in 1973 by the McDonnell-Douglas Corp.
- Credit Line
- McDonnell-Douglas Corporation
- Inventory Number
- A19731447000
- Restrictions & Rights
- Usage conditions apply
- Type
- PROPULSION-Rocket Engines
- Materials
- Aluminum
- Resin
- Phenolic Resin
- Rubber
- Plastic
- Paint
- Adhesive
- Stainless Steel
- Dimensions
- 3-D (Approximate): 38.1 × 48.3cm (15 × 19 in.)
- Storage (Wooden Crate): 125.7 × 105.4 × 157.5cm, 177.8kg (49 1/2 × 41 1/2 × 62 in., 392lb.)
- 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_A19731447000
- Metadata Usage (text)
- Not determined
- GUID (Link to Original Record)
- http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/nv93e19e63c-8a9e-4b93-ac64-827f37c84ce3
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