Injector Plate, Rocket Engine, Liquid Fuel, F-1 (Recovered)

Object Details

Summary: The F-1 engine was the powerhouse of the first stage of the Saturn V rocket that launched the Apollo lunar missions. An injector plate sat at the top of each F-1 engine. Holes across the plate’s surface forced the engine’s propellants (liquid oxygen and kerosene) into the combustion chamber. Early F-1 test engines experienced combustion instability, which could lead to engine loss. The instability was solved by the addition of baffles (dividers) across the injector plate's surface.; This injector plate was part of an F-1 engine for the Apollo 11 Saturn V. Around 2.5 minutes after launch, the first stage was jettisoned and fell into the Atlantic Ocean. In 2013, F-1 components were recovered from the ocean floor by Bezos Expeditions. Its twisted baffles show the force of the water impact.; The National Aeronautics and Space Administration transferred the injector plate to the National Air and Space Museum in 2016.

Credit Line: Transferred from the National Aeronautics and Space Administration

1969

Materials: CRES Steel, copper, undentified metals, Teflon, Inconel
Dimensions: Approximate: 19 × 134.6cm, 544.3kg (7 1/2 in. × 4 ft. 5 in., 1200lb.); Support: 50.8 × 146 × 134.6cm, 574.3kg (1 ft. 8 in. × 4 ft. 9 1/2 in. × 4 ft. 5 in., 1266lb.)

National Air and Space Museum

GUID (Link to Original Record): http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/nv9391e815d-ae6c-4f07-b3a1-68a9bcf0f431