Gemini Rocket engine model SE 6

Sale 1967 - Lot 43

Price Realized: $ 3,910

?Final Price Realized includes Buyer’s Premium added to Hammer Price

Estimate: $ 4,000 - $ 6,000

Gemini Rocket engine, model SE-6. 25 pound thrust engine. The fuel valve assembly and the oxidizer valve assembly are intact with their fluid line connectors wired shut after a final inspection. Each assembly has inspection approval stamps and removable tags. The engine has electrical connection interface plugs with yellow protection caps which would carry the commands from the Gemini cockpit to start and stop firing of the engine. Approximately 12 inches long and 5 inches wide at the upper mounting bracket. Stamped with part numbers: "208129, 02602-04989" with four inspection stamps along the expansion nozzle chamber housing underside. Other identification marks on the housing's right side are "23H # 323268" and with additional inspection stamps Manufactured by Rocketdyne

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Inscribed and signed with their Gemini mission(s) by Gordon Cooper and Tom Stafford on the upper chamber housing.
Pitch, roll, and yaw spacecraft torques were obtained by firing these engines during flight or reentry. A redundant group of 8 bi-propellant SE-6 engines (16 total) were located at the "nose section" of the Gemini spacecraft which comprised the Reentry Control System (RCS). Four additional pairs (8 total) of these engines were located in the Adapter Module equipment section at the rear of the spacecraft. Other engine components of the SE-6 engine are an injection system, the combustion chamber, and expansion nozzle.