
This is the LOX dome from one of five Saturn V first stage F1 engines that launched the historic Apollo 11 moon mission. It is on display in the Cosmosphere, a world-class space museum located in Hutchinson, Kansas.
Each F-1 engine burned 5683 pounds of kerosene and liquid oxygen per second and generated 1.5 million pounds of thrust. In two and a half minutes, the five F-1 engines propelled the Saturn V to a height of 42 miles and a speed of 6164 miles per hour.
This and other Apollo 11 engine parts were recovered from the floor of the Atlantic ocean in March 2013 by an expedition funded by Amazon CEO, Jeff Bezos. The conservation team responsible for cleaning and stabilizing the recovered engine parts found serial numbers that positively identified them as having flown the Apollo 11 mission.
There is nothing wrong with your monitor’s color balance. This display was lit primarily by blue lights. I suppose the museum wanted to evoke a sense of this piece as it might have appeared laying on the ocean floor.
Each F-1 engine burned 5683 pounds of kerosene and liquid oxygen per second and generated 1.5 million pounds of thrust. In two and a half minutes, the five F-1 engines propelled the Saturn V to a height of 42 miles and a speed of 6164 miles per hour.
This and other Apollo 11 engine parts were recovered from the floor of the Atlantic ocean in March 2013 by an expedition funded by Amazon CEO, Jeff Bezos. The conservation team responsible for cleaning and stabilizing the recovered engine parts found serial numbers that positively identified them as having flown the Apollo 11 mission.
There is nothing wrong with your monitor’s color balance. This display was lit primarily by blue lights. I suppose the museum wanted to evoke a sense of this piece as it might have appeared laying on the ocean floor.
Category Photography / Miscellaneous
Species Unspecified / Any
Size 855 x 1280px
File Size 766.8 kB
Listed in Folders
The Science Channel did a marvelous 6-part documentary called "Moon Machines" on the engineering of the Apollo hardware. The first episode covered the development of the Saturn V rocket, including the F-1 engines. It's worth looking for if you are interested in that sort of thing.
Comments