Twice FLOWN NASA Space Shuttle Orbiter Main Landing Gear Wheel Bearing for Sale

Twice FLOWN NASA Space Shuttle Orbiter Main Landing Gear Wheel Bearing For Sale

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Twice FLOWN NASA Space Shuttle Orbiter Main Landing Gear Wheel Bearing:
$305.00

Twice FLOWN NASA Space Shuttle Orbiter Main Landing Gear Bearing unit.
It was designed and build by the Timken Bearing company specifically to NASA Specifications.
NASA Kennedy Space Center at the Ransom Road Facility, sold this device in the 1990's in a lot of Flown Shuttle Space Hardware.
The basic dimensions of this spacecraft bearing are:6.5 inches outside diameter by 4.75 inches inside diameter by 1.5 inches high.
Each roller is tapered from 13mm at it's largest diameter to 11mm at the smallest.
The highest quality vacuum meltedbearing steel was used in the construction of this heavily built Tapered Roller Bearing Assembly.
Molybdenum disulfide dry lubricant was used to allow for smooth landing gear wheel rotation during Space Shuttle Orbiter landing.
It weighs in at about eight pounds. This artifact Flew on two separated NASA Space Shuttle Missions.
The last two photographs show the position of the larger main landing gear wheels. Each of the wheels contained two of these heavy duty roller bearings.
The basic dimensions of this spacecraft bearing are: 6.5 inches outside diameter by 4.75 inches inside diameter by 1.5 inches high.
These are photographs of the actual artifact.