Object Details
- Manufacturer
- Rocketdyne Division, Rockwell International
- Summary
- This is a 1/4 cutaway of an F-1 liquid fuel rocket engine. The F-1 engine produced 1.5 million pounds of thrust and was the powerplant for the first stage of the giant 363-foot long Saturn V launch vehicle that took the first astronauts to the Moon for six successful landing missions from 1969 to 1972 in the Project Apollo program.
- The full engine is 18 feet high and 12 feet wide. The combustion chamber itself is 9.5 feet in diameter. The full-sized engine weighs 18,616 lbs.
- The first stage of the Saturn V was fitted with five F-1's for a total lift-off thrust of 7.5 million pounds. The fully-fueled Saturn V weighed 6.5 million pounds. The F-1 used RP-1, a type of kerosene, and liquid oxygen as the propellants.
- This engine was donated to the Smithsonian in 1975 by Rocketdyne.
- Credit Line
- Rocketdyne Division, Rockwell International
- Inventory Number
- A19751437000
- Restrictions & Rights
- Usage conditions apply
- Type
- PROPULSION-Rocket Engines
- Materials
- Cooling tubes, Inconel X; injector, stainless steel and copper; propellant lines, aluminum; valves, aluminum and stainless steel
- Dimensions
- Overall: 6 ft. wide x 17 ft. 6 in. long (182.88 x 533.4cm)
- Country of Origin
- United States of America
- See more items in
- National Air and Space Museum Collection
- Location
- National Air and Space Museum in Washington, DC
- Exhibition
- Destination Moon
- Title
- F-1 Center Engine
- National Air and Space Museum
- Record ID
- nasm_A19751437000
- GUID (Link to Original Record)
- http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/nv9cbc6756e-6447-493d-8f6e-1a91ec4009bf
