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The F-1 is a rocket engine developed by Rocketdyne. The engine uses a gas-generator cycle developed in the United States in the late 1950s and was used in the Saturn V rocket in the 1960s and early 1970s. 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.
Saturn V testing vehicle and flight vehicle configurations Von Braun with the F-1 engines of the Saturn V first stage at the U.S. Space and Rocket Center. Named after the sixth planet from the Sun, the design of the various Saturn rockets evolved from the Jupiter vehicles. [24]
The S-II (pronounced "S-two") was the second stage of the Saturn V rocket. It was built by North American Aviation. Using liquid hydrogen (LH2) and liquid oxygen (LOX) it had five J-2 engines in a quincunx pattern. The second stage accelerated the Saturn V through the upper atmosphere with 1,000,000 pounds-force (4.4 MN) of thrust.
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The J-2, commonly known as Rocketdyne J-2, was a liquid-fuel cryogenic rocket engine used on NASA's Saturn IB and Saturn V launch vehicles. Built in the United States by Rocketdyne, the J-2 burned cryogenic liquid hydrogen (LH 2) and liquid oxygen (LOX) propellants, with each engine producing 1,033.1 kN (232,250 lb f) of thrust in vacuum.
ABMA responded with a new design, the Juno V (as a continuation of the Juno I and Juno II series of rockets, while Juno III and IV were unbuilt Atlas- and Titan-derived concepts), which replaced the four E-1 engines with eight H-1s, a much more modest upgrade of the existing S-3D already used on the Thor and Jupiter missiles, raising thrust ...
This rocket, the Saturn V, could propel the weight of some four school buses to the moon. It sent astronauts to the chalky lunar surface six different times. And it hauled America's first space stati.
This page is an incomplete list of orbital rocket engine data and specifications. Current, upcoming, and in-development rocket engines ... Saturn V, IB: 2nd, 3rd