Object Details
- Manufacturer
- Rocketdyne Division, Rockwell International
- Summary
- The H-1 liquid-fuel rocket engine was the first stage power plant for the Saturn 1 and Saturn 1B launch vehicles, the precursors to the Saturn V which took men to the Moon in the Apollo program. TThis is the H-1A model. The Saturn 1 and Saturn 1B were each fitted with eight H-1 engines in their first stages. The engine uses RP-1 (kerosene) and liquid oxygen for this model's 188,000 pounds of thrust.
- The H-1 was evolved directly from Army Ballistic Missile Agency projects, specifically the Jupiter and Juno V. With the approval of the Apollo Project, the Juno V was re-designated the Saturn. The successful launches of the Saturn 1 and Saturn 1B led the way to the Saturn V. The Saturn 1, with its eight H-1's, first flew on October 27, 1961, while the last Saturn 1B was flown on July 15, 1975, for the Apollo-Soyuz Test Project. This object was transferred from NASA to the Smithsonian Institution in 1970.
- Credit Line
- Transferred from the National Aeronautics and Space Administration
- 1963
- Inventory Number
- A19700286000
- Restrictions & Rights
- Usage conditions apply
- Type
- PROPULSION-Rocket Engines
- Materials
- Chamber and nozzle coolant passages: 347 stainless steel. Propellant tanks, lines, and valves: stainless steel. Pumps: aluminum alloys; turbine: Hastealloy. Injector: OHFC copper and 347 stainless steel.
- Combustion chamber made of 292 stainless steel tubes. The assembly, except for inlet manifold, was furnaced brazed with gold brazing alloy. Injectors, furnaced brazed.
- Dimensions
- Overall: 100 in. long x 47 in. diameter (254 x 119.38cm)
- 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_A19700286000
- GUID (Link to Original Record)
- http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/nv9488b25bd-ed8d-439f-ba57-f84ce7d466de
