Object Details
- Manufacturer
- Rocketdyne Division, Rockwell International Corporation
- Summary
- This is the H-1 liquid-fuel rocket engine built by the Rocketdyne Division of Rockwell International, the first stage powerplant for the Saturn 1 and Saturn 1B launch vehicles that were precursors to the Saturn V that took men to the Moon in the Apollo program. Saturn 1 and Saturn 1B were each fitted with eight H-1 engines in their first stages.
- The engine used RP-1 (kerosene) and liquid oxygen. The model shown here may be the second variation that produced 188,000 pounds of thrust. Saturn 1 first flew in 1961 while the last Saturn 1B was flown in 1975 for the low-Earth orbit Apollo-Soyuz Test Project. This engine was donated to the Smithsonian in 1970 by the NASA Marshall Space Flight Center.
- Credit Line
- Transferred from the National Aeronautics and Space Administration
- ca. 1958-1969
- Inventory Number
- A19700255000
- 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: 8ft 4in. x 3ft 11in., 1532lb. (2,300 lbs in crate) (254 x 119.38cm, 694.9kg)
- 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_A19700255000
- GUID (Link to Original Record)
- http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/nv9dac7bb86-fed8-4878-b008-8ecfe1edad4b
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