Test firing of an F-1 engine at Edwards Air Force BaseThe F-1 engine was developed and built by Rock
Test firing of an F-1 engine at Edwards Air Force BaseThe F-1 engine was developed and built by Rocketdyne under the direction of the Marshall Space Flight Center. It measured 19 feet tall by 12.5 feet at the nozzle exit, and produced a 1,500,000-pound thrust using liquid oxygen and kerosene as the propellant. The image shows an F-1 engine being test fired at the Test Stand 1-C at the Edwards Air Force Base in California – 31 December 1959Credit: NASA Marshall Space Flight Center -- source link
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