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Two men pour fuel into engine.

ROCKETS OR JATO JET ASSISTED TAKE OFF UNITS AT THE HIGH PRESSURE COMBUSTION FACILITY – STATIC FIRING OF NITRIC ACID ANILINE ROCKET – PERMANGANATE PER OXIDE ROCKET SETUP INCLUDING TWO VIEWS THROUGH CONTROL ROOM SAFETY WINDOW

John Sloop and a colleague fuel an experimental JATO engine in Cell 13 of the Rocket Lab in March 1946.

Image Credit: NASA/FRED LINGELBACH
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