Sujet

Rocket Engine, Liquid Fuel, Navaho Missile, 1951-1956. Creator: North American Aviation Inc..

Légende

This two-chambered, liquid-fuel rocket engine built by North American Aviation served as the booster for the Navaho missile that was powered by two ramjets. The booster was to quickly get the missile up to supersonic speed for its ramjets to operate. Each chamber produced 120,000 pounds of thrust, or 240,000 pounds total, using kerosene and liquid oxygen as propellants. Navaho had a 8,850 kilometer (5,500 mile) range. It never became operational and was canceled in 1957. However, its booster-rocket engine was extremely important in the evolution of American large-scale, liquid-fuel engines, including those for the Redstone, Jupiter, Thor, and Atlas missiles, the Saturn V launch vehicle, and the Space Shuttle. This object was donated to the Smithsonian in 1970 by Rocketdyne.

Crédit

Photo12/Heritage Images/Heritage Art

Notre référence

HRM21A87_268

Model release

NA

Property release

NA

Licence

Droits gérés

Format disponible

36,2Mo (2,4Mo) / 29,6cm x 30,6cm / 3493 x 3619 (300dpi)

Mots clés

technology education country weapon weapons color war location century engine rocket concept warfare fifties 1950s United States of America Colour Smithsonian Institution missile weaponry National Air and Space Museum Educational Institution 20th century air and space museum American America USA decade propulsion scientific institution object united states Heritage Art NASM Titanium alloys stainless steel and other metals. PROPULSION-Rocket Engines North American Aviation Inc. North American Aviation Incorporated