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SATURN WIND TUNNEL ROCKET ENGINE NOZZLE

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SATURN WIND TUNNEL ROCKET ENGINE NOZZLE

ORIGINAL WORKING SCALE MODEL USED AT NASA LEWIS RESEARCH CENTER
Various metals, 8 1/2 inches tall, [1964], being a rocket engine nozzle, with evidence of having been fired.
Provenance: NASA scientist Oral Mehmed.

An original engine nozzle used for wind tunnel tests in the early to mid 1960s at NASA's Lewis Research Center (now known as Glenn Research Center). It was part of a liquid-fueled five-engine working scale model used in the development of the Saturn family of rockets.

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