The Texas Collection, Baylor University
Rocketdyne Propulsion Field Laboratory in McGregor, Texas (6)
Shown is a solid propellant rocket motor being tested on a horizontal firing bay at the Rocketdyne Propulsion Field Labratory in McGregor, Texas, in the early 1960s. The "thrust blocks" used to hold the engines in place were made to withstand 50,000 pounds of thrust. For larger units, this McGregor facility had test cells that could withstand thrusts up to 1 million pounds.
Rocketdyne was part of North American Aviation, Inc., Solid Rocket Division, McGregor, Texas. By the late 1960's, the company had produced 250,000 rockets and this included some used by NASA for the 1969 Apollo Mission to the moon. Some of the land and facilities would later become Hercules and now it is home to SpaceX.
Lloyd Gholson Rocketdyne collection-Photographs: Rocket Testing and Blasts, The Texas Collection, Baylor University; Digital ID: tx-phoarch-rocketdyne_2935-prints-0023.01.tif. Rights: Some rights reserved. E-mail txcoll@baylor.edu for information about the use of our images. Visit www.baylor.edu/lib/texas/ for more information about our collections.
Rocketdyne Propulsion Field Laboratory in McGregor, Texas (6)
Shown is a solid propellant rocket motor being tested on a horizontal firing bay at the Rocketdyne Propulsion Field Labratory in McGregor, Texas, in the early 1960s. The "thrust blocks" used to hold the engines in place were made to withstand 50,000 pounds of thrust. For larger units, this McGregor facility had test cells that could withstand thrusts up to 1 million pounds.
Rocketdyne was part of North American Aviation, Inc., Solid Rocket Division, McGregor, Texas. By the late 1960's, the company had produced 250,000 rockets and this included some used by NASA for the 1969 Apollo Mission to the moon. Some of the land and facilities would later become Hercules and now it is home to SpaceX.
Lloyd Gholson Rocketdyne collection-Photographs: Rocket Testing and Blasts, The Texas Collection, Baylor University; Digital ID: tx-phoarch-rocketdyne_2935-prints-0023.01.tif. Rights: Some rights reserved. E-mail txcoll@baylor.edu for information about the use of our images. Visit www.baylor.edu/lib/texas/ for more information about our collections.