Object Details
- Manufacturer
- Rocketdyne Division, Rockwell International
- Summary
- This is the F-1 rocket engine used in the first stage of the Saturn V launch vehicle, which launched astronauts to the Moon in the Project Apollo program. The first, or S-IC stage, of the Saturn V, was fitted with five F-1s 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. The F-1's 2,500 pound turbopump pumped in the propellants at 42,500 gallons per minute. The engine was regeneratively-cooled.
- This engine was donated by Rocketdyne Division, Rockwell International.
- Credit Line
- Gift of Rocketdyne Division, Rockwell International
- Inventory Number
- A19760765000
- Restrictions & Rights
- Usage conditions apply
- Type
- PROPULSION-Rocket Engines
- Materials
- Cooling tubes (178 tubes), Inconel X; injector, stainless steel and copper; propellant lines, aluminum; valves, aluminum and stainless steel
- Dimensions
- Overall: 196 long x 54 in. diameter (497.84 x 137.16cm)
- Other: 131 in. wide (332.74cm)
- 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_A19760765000
- GUID (Link to Original Record)
- http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/nv99dca07c7-2ea4-4d45-89a9-83cd7c07fd4b
