A. Young The Saturn V F-1 Engine Powering Apollo into History

Series: Space Exploration

▶ The first book devoted to the development of the Rocketdyne F-1 engine and its integration into the five-engine cluster that would power the first stage of the Saturn V launch vehicle ▶ Includes many color and black and white photographs, never before published, taken during the development and testing of the F-1 engine ▶ Draws on original documents and highlights interviews with some of the engineers and managers who worked on the program ▶ The author includes development of the hydrogen-burning J-2 2008, XXXII, 266 p. 234 illus. engine, thus bringing rocket engine development up to the present A product of Praxis 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 Printed book a bold concept to push the technological envelope of rocket propulsion in order to put Softcover massive payloads into Earth orbit. Few realized at the time that the F-1 would one day ▶ 54,99 € | £49.99 | $69.99 propel American astronauts to the Moon. In The Saturn V F-1 Engine, Anthony Young tells ▶ *58,84 € (D) | 60,49 € (A) | CHF 65.00 the amazing story of unbridled vision, bold engineering, explosive failures during testing, unrelenting persistence to find solutions, and ultimate success in launching the Saturn V with a 100 percent success rate. The book eBook Available from your bookstore or ▶ springer.com/shop • contains personal interviews with many Rocketdyne and NASA personnel involved in the engine’s design, development, testing and production; • is lavishly illustrated with black-and-white and color photographs, many never MyCopy previously published Printed eBook for just • is the first complete history of the most powerful rocket engine ever built. ▶ € | $ 24.99 ▶ springer.com/mycopy The F-1 engine remains the high point in U.S. liquid rocket propulsion – it represents a period in American history when nothing was impossible.

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