Rocket Engine Turbo Pump, Cutaway, F-1
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Object Details
- Manufacturer
- Rocketdyne Division, Rockwell International
- Summary
- This pump was used on the F-1 liquid fuel rocket engine, the powerplant for the first stage of the Saturn V launch vehicle that took the first astronauts to the Moon for six successful landing missions from 1969 to 1972 in the Project Apollo program. The F-1 produced 1.5 million pounds of thrust.
- The first stage was fitted with five F-1s for a total lift-off thrust of 7.5 million pounds. The F-1 used RP-1, a type of kerosene and liquid oxygen as the propellants. The F-1's 2,500 pound turbopump pumped in the propellants at 42,500 gallons per minute.
- This pump was donated to the Smithsonian in 1975 by the NASA Marshall Space Flight Center.
- Credit Line
- Transferred from the National Aeronautics and Space Administration
- Inventory Number
- A19751580000
- Restrictions & Rights
- Usage conditions apply
- Type
- PROPULSION-Components (Engine Parts)
- Materials
- Inlets, volutes, and impellers, aluminum alloy casting. Turbine wheels and manifold assemblies, nickel alloy.
- Dimensions
- Overall: 5 ft. 2 in. tall x 4 ft. wide, 2000 lb. (w/Crate 2,500lb.) (157.48 x 121.92cm, 907.2kg)
- 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_A19751580000
- Metadata Usage (text)
- Not determined
- GUID (Link to Original Record)
- http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/nv983feb3d6-756c-4174-857a-895f097a9857
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