RL-10 Engine Cutaway
The RL-10 was the first liquid hydrogen / liquid oxygen engine to fly in space. The RL-10 is a turbopump-fed, regeneratively cooled engine with a thrust of 15,000 punds (66,750 newtons). The RL-10 powered the Saturn I S-IV stage and the Centaur stage of the Atlas-Centaur and Titan-Centaur rockets.
New Mexico Museum of Space History; Alamagordo, New Mexico, USA. Read more about it in the scientific tourist #90.
RL-10 Engine Cutaway
The RL-10 was the first liquid hydrogen / liquid oxygen engine to fly in space. The RL-10 is a turbopump-fed, regeneratively cooled engine with a thrust of 15,000 punds (66,750 newtons). The RL-10 powered the Saturn I S-IV stage and the Centaur stage of the Atlas-Centaur and Titan-Centaur rockets.
New Mexico Museum of Space History; Alamagordo, New Mexico, USA. Read more about it in the scientific tourist #90.