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Materials:
Overall: Steel
Tire rims: Non-ferrous
Tires: Hardened rubber
Dimensions:
Length: 182.75 inches
Width: 142 inches
Height, maximum, with struts: 72 inches
Height of floor level beams: 28.5 inches
Weight: 5,500 lbs.
Type:
PROPULSION-Rocket Engines
Country of Origin:
United States of America
Summary:
This is an original F-1 rocket engine handler used to move the engine in a horizontal position within assembly buildings, repair shops, or hangars. If the engine was to be transported over a considerable distance, the handler had to be transported by another vehicle.
This handler came with the full F-1 engine on exhibit in the "Apollo to the Moon Gallery" at the National Air and Space Museum in downtown Washington. The F-1 on display at the downtown location is the earliest F-1 engine in the NASM collections and was donated in 1970, when the F-1 was still operational in the Apollo program.
NASA transferred this handler and the rocket engine to the Museum in 1969.
Credit Line:
Transferred from the National Aeronautics and Space Administration
