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Object details:

Object Name: Hardware, Combustion Chamber, V-2, Cutaway
Smithsonian Record ID: edanmdm:nasm_A19790950001

	Object Name
	Hardware, Combustion Chamber, V-2, Cutaway

	Metadata Usage
	Not determined

	Guid
	http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/nv9fd20b0c2-de9b-453f-a456-be101d68def4

	Data Source
	National Air and Space Museum

	Manufacturer
	Linke-Hofmann Werke AG

	Materials
	Steel

	Materials
	Stainless Steel

	Dimensions
	Other (Ring): 5.4 x 0.79cm (2 1/8in. x 5/16in.)

	Dimensions
	Other (Bolts): 4.13 x 2.22cm (1 5/8in. x 7/8in.)

	Summary
	With a thrust of twenty-five metric tons (56,000 lb), the V-2 motor was the world's first large, liquid-fuel rocket engine. It powered the first ballistic missile, the German V-2 of World War II. The combustion chamber was the engine's heart and burned the propellants, water alcohol and liquid oxygen, at about 2,700 ºC (4,900 ºF).

	Summary
	NASA Marshall Space Flight Center gave the combustion chamber to the Smithsonian in 1975. These parts were removed during restoration in 2004.

	Country of Origin
	Germany

	Credit Line
	Transferred from the National Aeronautics and Space Administration

	Inventory Number
	A19790950001

	Type
	PROPULSION-Rocket Engines

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