Lot 38
COMMAND MODULE REACTION CONTROL SYSTEM
20 July 2016, 13:00 EDT
New YorkUS$2,500 - US$3,500
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COMMAND MODULE REACTION CONTROL SYSTEM
ILLUSTRATES SE-8 ROCKET ENGINE LOCATIONS AND SIGNED BY 12 ASTRONAUTS
Blueprint, North American Aviation, Downey, CA, 1966. 68 x 30 inches, ¼ scale.
BOLDLY SIGNED by BUZZ ALDRIN, ALAN BEAN, GORDON COOPER, WALT CUNNINGHAM, CHARLES M. DUKE, JR., RICHARD GORDON, FRED HAISE, EDGAR MITCHELL, WALLY SCHIRRA, RUSTY SCHWEICKART, TOM STAFFORD, and AL WORDEN. Each has inscribed his individual Apollo flight number.
An extremely detailed blueprint with a top view of the outer aft compartment which houses the Command Module's Reaction Control System (RCS). Eight rocket engines are shown with their associated fuel, oxidizer, and helium pressure tanks. These engines allowed the crew to control roll, pitch, and yaw movements after separation from the Service Module and during re-entry into the earth's atmosphere. Other components are RCS control box, uprighting system compressor, potable and waste water tanks. Thirty-three additional drawings show cross sections of the aft section just above the heat shield. Structural support, electrical connections and equipment, fuel/oxidizer lines, as well as the rocket engines and tanks are shown from this perspective and labeled.
Blueprint, North American Aviation, Downey, CA, 1966. 68 x 30 inches, ¼ scale.
BOLDLY SIGNED by BUZZ ALDRIN, ALAN BEAN, GORDON COOPER, WALT CUNNINGHAM, CHARLES M. DUKE, JR., RICHARD GORDON, FRED HAISE, EDGAR MITCHELL, WALLY SCHIRRA, RUSTY SCHWEICKART, TOM STAFFORD, and AL WORDEN. Each has inscribed his individual Apollo flight number.
An extremely detailed blueprint with a top view of the outer aft compartment which houses the Command Module's Reaction Control System (RCS). Eight rocket engines are shown with their associated fuel, oxidizer, and helium pressure tanks. These engines allowed the crew to control roll, pitch, and yaw movements after separation from the Service Module and during re-entry into the earth's atmosphere. Other components are RCS control box, uprighting system compressor, potable and waste water tanks. Thirty-three additional drawings show cross sections of the aft section just above the heat shield. Structural support, electrical connections and equipment, fuel/oxidizer lines, as well as the rocket engines and tanks are shown from this perspective and labeled.