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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.

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