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Walk-around of the heat exchanger.

Picture 4 of 5.

The bellows is almost entirely crushed at this position, exposing the tubes coiled in the interior of the heat exchanger to warm the LOX and helium gas to provide ullage pressurants for the S-IC's propellant tanks.

 
Heat exchanger from Jeff Bezos recovered F-1 Apollo 11 rocket engines
Time picture taken Fri Apr 15 10:24:52 2016
Location picture taken Warehouse Floor
Cosmosphere SpaceWorks Facility
Hutchinson, KS
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