Atlas Rocket Engine
by Mark Williamson
Title
Atlas Rocket Engine
Artist
Mark Williamson
Medium
Photograph - Photograph
Description
An L-105 sustainer engine from a 1950s Atlas intercontinental ballistic missile (ICBM) on display at the Stafford Air and Space Museum in Weatherford, Oklahoma, USA. The Atlas was later used as a spacecraft launch vehicle. The early versions had three engines: the outer two acted as a first stage and were jettisoned, leaving the centre engine to sustain thrust, hence the term 'sustainer
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July 29th, 2016
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