F-1 The Engine That Nearly Stopped the Apollo Moon Missions
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 Published On Jul 19, 2019

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It 50 years since the first man stepped foot on the moon but to get there a massive new engine was needed the power the Saturn V rocket. The Rocketdyne F-1 would be that new engine but was so unstable it would almost be the downfall of the whole Apollo program. So how did the F-1 go from zero to hero.

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Paul Shillito

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By Paul Shillito

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NASA, Rocketdyne, SpaceX

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