The Saturn V F-1 Engine: Powering Apollo Into History

by Anthony Young

Book Overview

When the mighty Rocketdyne F-1 engine was conceived in the late 1950s for the U.S. Air Force, it had no defined mission and there was no launch vehicle it could power. It was a bold concept to push the technological envelope of rocket propulsion in order to put massive payloads into Earth orbit. Few realized at the time that the F-1 would one day propel American astronauts to the Moon. In The Saturn V F-1 Engine, Anthony Young tells the amazing...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0387096299
• ISBN13: 9780387096292
• Release Date: November 2008
• Publisher: Praxis Publications Inc
• Length: 266 Pages
• Weight: 1.50 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 6.7" x 9.5"