Whittaker building giant safety valves for Saturn buster
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Valley Times Photo Collection
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This project was supported in whole or in part by the U.S. Institute of Museum and Library Services under the provisions of the Library Services and Technology Act, administered in California by the State Librarian Made accessible through a grant from the John Randolph Haynes and Dora Haynes Foundation and Photo Friends
Photograph article dated July 29, 1963 partially reads, "A Valley firm, Whittaker Controls and Guidance Division of Telecomputing Corporation, is playing a big role in the Saturn program. The Chatsworth division facility has built and successfully tested the largest valve ever designed for flight application. The huge valve is designed to shut off the flow of liquid oxygen used as propellant in the Saturn S-1C in case of emergency, adding to the safety of the project." Robert Francis of Telecomputing and Robert Kamm of NASA watch test.
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Image
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1 photographic print :b&w ;21 x 26 cm. Photographic prints
Kamm, Robert W.--(Robert William),--1917-2001 United States.--National Aeronautics and Space Administration Men--California--Los Angeles Liquid propellant rockets--Fuel systems--Valves Space vehicles--Control rockets--Valves Proportional valves--Electronic control Pressure vessels--Valves Saturn launch vehicles Chatsworth (Los Angeles, Calif.) Valley Times Collection photographs
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