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Materials:
Cooling tubes (178 tubes), Inconel X; injector, stainless steel and copper; propellant lines, aluminum; valves, aluminum and stainless steel
Dimensions:
Overall: 220 15/16 in. long x 144 5/16 in. diameter, 18340 lb. (561.24 x 366.52cm, 8319kg)
Type:
PROPULSION-Rocket Engines
Country of Origin:
United States of America
Summary:
The F-1 engine, producing 1.5 million pounds of thrust, was the powerplant for the first stage of the giant 363-foot long Saturn V launch vehicle that took a dozen astronauts to the Moon in six lunar landing missions between 1969 and 1972 in the Project Apollo program.
The first stage 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 turbopump for the engine pumped in the propellants at 42,500 gallons per minute. The F-1 was developed and built by Rocketdyne, Division of the Rockwell International Corp.
The engine was transferred to the Smithsonian from the NASA Marshall Space Flight Center in 1975.
Credit Line:
Transferred from the National Aeronautics and Space Administration
