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Rocket Engine, Liquid, Chamber, Apollo Service Module Propulsion System (SPS)

Click to open image viewer. This is the Thrust Chamber Assembly that fits on top of the nozzle of the Apollo Service Module Propulsion System (SPS). The large nozzle is not shown. The SPS engine was ...
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Injector Head, Liquid Fuel, Apollo Service Propulsion System (SPS)

Click to open image viewer. This is the injector head of the Apollo Service Module Propulsion System. The engine steered the Apollo Service Module (SM) towards the Moon, placed it in lunar orbit, and ...
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The crew jettisons the service module | Apollo 13

Jim Lovell (Tom Hanks) and his crew ditch their shattered service module in a high-stakes, adrenaline-pumping maneuver to ...
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The Making Of Apollo's Command Module: 2 Engineers Recall Tragedy And Triumph

Look at a picture of the Apollo 11 launch and you'll probably notice the rocket's pointed tip and the fire coming from the five giant engines in the first stage of the 36-story-tall Saturn V rocket.
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Apollo 13 astronauts and flight controllers reflect on a ‘successful failure’

On the evening of April 13, 50 years ago, NASA astronauts James Lovell Jr., John Swigert Jr. and Fred Haise Jr. were about to go to sleep for the night in the Apollo 13 command module. They were about ...