Five F-1 engines were used in the S-IC first stage of each Saturn V, which served as the main launch vehicle of the Apollo program. The F-1 remains the most powerful single combustion chamber liquid-propellant rocket engine ever developed.

May 27, 2024 · The F-1 rocket engine stands as one of the most impressive feats of engineering from the Apollo era. Its groundbreaking design and sheer power were instrumental in enabling humanity’s first voyages to another world.

What is the F-1 Engine? • 5 F-1 engines were used as the first stage engines, Saturn V moon rocket • Took the Apollo vehicle (363 ft tall, 6 million lbs): • 50 miles downrange • 40 miles altitude • At Mach 7 • In 2.5 minutes • Burning 4.5 million lbs of propellant

From 1967 to 1973, 65 F-1 engines propelled 13 Saturn V rockets off the launch pad and on the way into space without any combustion instability problems. As NASA and the country celebrate the 50th anniversary of the Apollo program, the stories, the lessons and the ingenuity of the Saturn and Apollo teams are once again powering America’s way ...

Jul 16, 2019 · A Saturn V rocket powered by 5 Rocketdyne F-1 engines blasts off from Kennedy Space Center in Florida on Dec. 21, 1968, carrying the Apollo 8 crew. It was the first crewed mission to the moon. (NASA)

The F-1 engine was the linchpin in the Apollo missions, particularly Apollo 11, which marked humanity’s first lunar landing. Its unprecedented thrust was the driving force behind the Saturn V, propelling astronauts Neil Armstrong, Buzz Aldrin, and Michael Collins to the Moon.

The F-1 engine played a critical role in NASA’s Apollo program, which aimed to land humans on the moon. The engine was used in the first stage of the Saturn V rocket, which launched astronauts from Earth and into space.

The exhibit displays a full-size F-1 engine next to engine artifacts recovered in 2013, including the thrust chamber and thrust chamber injector of the number 3 engine from the Apollo 12 mission, as well as a gas generator from an engine that powered the Apollo 16 flight.

The F-1 engine, with 1.5 million pounds of thrust, was the powerplant for the first stage of the 363-foot long Saturn V launch vehicle that took astronauts to the Moon for six successful landing missions between 1969 and 1972 in the Project Apollo program.

Apr 14, 2013 · Though the F-1 was the largest and most powerful single-chamber liquid-fueled rocket engine ever successfully flown, its power was exceeded by a pair of Soviet designs.