Object Details
- Manufacturer
- Moog, Inc.
- Summary
- Shown here is one of two F-1 engine actuators retrieved from the restoration of the Saturn V rocket at NASA's Kennedy Space Center, Cape Canaveral, Florida, in 1992.
- The F-1 engines on the S-IC stage of the Saturn V were gimbaled, meaning that they could move to steer the rocket during ascent. The actuators, which attached the engines to the booster frame enabled engine movement for this purpose.
- Transferred from NASA.
- Credit Line
- Transferred from the National Aeronautics and Space Administration
- Inventory Number
- A19960306000
- Restrictions & Rights
- Usage conditions apply
- Type
- PROPULSION-Components (Engine Parts)
- Materials
- Steel
- Magnesium Alloy
- Paint
- Aluminum
- Copper Alloy
- Rubber
- Gold Plating
- Phenolic Resin
- Cadmium Plating
- Dimensions
- Other: 50.8 × 165.1cm (20 × 65 in.)
- Storage: 187 × 54.9 × 63.8cm (73 5/8 × 21 5/8 × 25 1/8 in.)
- Country of Origin
- United States of America
- See more items in
- National Air and Space Museum Collection
- National Air and Space Museum
- Record ID
- nasm_A19960306000
- GUID (Link to Original Record)
- http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/nv91b9b398c-ecbf-4ec2-a2b2-2525187d179a
