Rocket Engine, Liquid Fuel, Apollo Lunar Module Ascent Engine
name: label: Manufacturer
content: Bell Aerosystems Company
notes: label: Summary
content: This is the Lunar Module Ascent Engine used to lift up the ascent portion of the Lunar Excursion Module (LEM) after the completion of a lunar landing mission for Project Apollo. The ascent portion of the LEM, carrying the Apollo two astronauts, then docked with the Command Module (CM) orbiting the Moon and flown by the CM Commander.
label: Summary
content: The Ascent Engine engine produced 3,500 pounds of thrust and was built by the Bell Aerosystems Company. The engine was used successfully in all operational Apollo lunar missions between 1969 and 1972, except for Apollo 13 which did not reach the Moon. This engine was donated to the Smithsonian in 1972 by the Grumman Aerospace Co.
place: label: Country of Origin
content: United States of America
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content: National Air and Space Museum Collection
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: Gift of Grumman Aerospace Corporation
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Air and Space Museum
identifier: label: Inventory Number
content: A19721168000
objectType: label: Type
content: PROPULSION-Rocket Engines
objectRights: label: Restrictions & Rights
content: CC0
physicalDescription: label: Materials
content: Overall metal; combustion chamber covering probably a phenolic
label: Dimensions
content: 3-D: 61 × 134.6cm, 97.1kg (2 ft. × 4 ft. 5 in., 214lb.)