Service Module  RCS Tank
  • Titanium fuel tank for the Reaction Control System (RCS) of the Service Module.
  • Helium pressurizing gas pushed against flexible bladders in the fuel and oxidizer tanks to force the weightless propellants out of the tanks. (The bladder has been removed from this tank.)
  • Photos show the tank with its probe assembly installed and removed, and views of each end of the probe assembly.
  • Cutaway view shows placement of RCS tanks in Service Module.
  • Made by Bell Aerosystems Company, “TANK (N2H4/UDMH) POSITIVE EXPULSION,” dated 6/66, North American specification ME282-0008-000X (last digit unreadable).
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