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On March 28, 2012, a team funded by Jeff Bezos, founder of Amazon.com, reported that they had located the F-1 rocket engines from an Apollo mission using sonar equipment. [25] Bezos stated he planned to raise at least one of the engines, which rest at a depth of 14,000 feet (4,300 m), about 400 miles (640 km) east of Cape Canaveral, Florida.
[135] [136] In 2013, Bezos Expeditions funded the recovery of two Saturn V first-stage Rocketdyne F-1 engines from the floor of the Atlantic Ocean. [137] They were positively identified as belonging to the Apollo 11 mission's S-1C stage from July 1969. [138] [139] The engines are currently on display at the Seattle Museum of Flight. [140] [141]
Engine Origin Designer Vehicle Status Use Propellant Power cycle Specific impulse (s) [a] Thrust (N) [a] Chamber pressure (bar) Mass (kg) Thrust: weight ratio [b] Oxidiser: fuel ratio
Jeff Bezos has blasted into space on his rocket company’s first flight with passengers on the 52nd anniversary of the Apollo 11 moon landing. Their Blue Origin capsule landed 10 minutes later on ...
Rod Pyle, Space Journalist, Author, and Editor-in-Chief of Ad Astra Magazine, joins Yahoo Finance to discuss Jeff Bezos’ Blue Origin historic spaceflight and outlook on the modern space race.
Jeff Bezos gave a tour of Blue Origin's factory, showcasing the space company's New Glenn rocket. New Glenn, standing over 320 feet tall, is one of the largest rockets ever built.
The BE-7 engine is a liquid oxygen/liquid hydrogen dual expander cycle engine currently under development, designed for use on Blue Moon. [43] The engine produces 44 kN (10,000 lbf) of thrust. Its first ignition tests were performed in June 2019, with thrust chamber assembly testing continuing through 2023. [44]
They were positively identified as belonging to the Apollo 11 mission's S-1C stage from July 1969. [8] [9] The engines are on display at the Seattle Museum of Flight. [10] [11] Bezos Expeditions has funded the Clock of the Long Now also called the 10,000-year clock. [3] [12] [13] It was funded with $42 million, and is on land which Bezos owns ...