Apollo Direct SM
Spacecraft · USA
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American manned spacecraft module. Study 1961. The Service Module housed the fuel cells, environmental control, and other major equipment items required for the mission.
It also provided the propulsion requirements for lunar launch through transearth midcourse corrections. The same basic engine would used as on the terminal landing module with the throttling feature removed and a radiation cooled skirt added to provide an expansion ratio of 40:1.
Related
- Family
- Manned spacecraft module
- People
- McDonnell
- Country
- USA
- Spacecraft
- Apollo Direct 2-Man, Gemini Lunar Lander
- Propellants
- N2O4/MMH
- Agency
- NASA