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Apollo Direct RM

Spacecraft · USA

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American manned spacecraft module. Study 1961. The retrograde module supplied the velocity increments required during the translunar portion of the mission up to a staging point approximately 1800 m above the lunar surface.

Engine thrust could be throttled down to 1201 kgf.

People
McDonnell
Country
USA
Engines
RL-10A-3
Propellants
Lox/LH2
Agency
NASA