The Saturn V F-1 Engine Powering Apollo into History /

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...

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Bibliographic Details
Call Number:Libro Electrónico
Main Author: Young, Anthony (Author)
Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: New York, NY : Springer New York : Imprint: Praxis, 2008.
Edition:1st ed. 2008.
Series:Space Exploration,
Subjects:
Aerospace engineering.
Astronautics.
Astronomy.
Solar system.
Aerospace Technology and Astronautics.
Astronomy, Cosmology and Space Sciences.
Space Physics.
Online Access:Texto Completo
Table of Contents:
  • Foreword
  • Author's Preface
  • Acknowledgements
  • List of Illustrations
  • Origins and F-1 Engine Development
  • From Nova to Saturn: Evolution of the Moon Rocket
  • Manufacturing the F-1 Engine at Rocketdyne
  • Boeing and the Saturn V S-IC Stage
  • Testing the F-1 and S-IC Stage
  • The Apollo Saturn V Launches
  • The Engine that Might Been: the F-1A and its Legacy
  • Appendix
  • Index.

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