Alamogordo in Otero County, New Mexico — The American Mountains (Southwest)

F-1 Rocket Engine

Photographed by James Hulse, July 24, 2024

1. F-1 Rocket Engine Marker

Inscription. The F-1 is the most powerful single chamber, liquid-fuel rocket engine ever flown. Five of these engines were used to power the first stage of the Saturn V rocket which carried astronauts to the Moon. The engine was built by the Rocketdyne division of North American Aviation, now The Boeing Company.

Height - 19 feet (5.8 meters)
Diameter - 12 feet (3.7 meters)
Weight - 18,500 pounds (8,391 kg)
Thrust - 1,522,000 pounds (6,712,020 newtons)
Propellants - RP-1 kerosene/liquid oxygen

Fun Fact: The power generated by the five F-1 engines on the Saturn V rocket was equivalent to 190 giga watts (1Gw=1000Mw), almost twice the peak electrical power consumption of France...or over 90 times the peak power produced by the Hoover Dam...or over 630 times more powerful than a Boeing 747 aircraft.

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On loan from the Smithsonian National Air and Space Museum, Washington, D.C.-NMMSH #IL026.16

Erected by New Mexico Museum of Space History.

Topics. This historical marker is listed in this topic list: Air & Space.

Location. 32° 55.269′ N, 105° 55.295′ W. Marker is

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in Alamogordo, New Mexico, in Otero County. It is on State Route 2001 0.4 miles east of N Scenic Drive. The marker is located on the grounds of the New Mexico Museum of Space History. Touch for map. Marker is at or near this postal address: 3198 State Rte 2001, Alamogordo NM 88310, United States of America. Touch for directions.

Regionally, this marker is in New Mexico’s Pecos Valley. It is also in the American Southwest.

Globally, it is in North America,

the Western Hemisphere,

the Western World,

and the Anglosphere.

Historically, it finds itself in what was once New Spain,

the Comanchería,

and the Republic of Texas.

Other nearby markers. At least 8 other markers are within walking distance of this marker: Aerobee 150 (a few steps from this marker); Nike Ajax with Launcher (a few steps from this marker); Ground Meteorological Device (a few steps from this marker); Lance Missile (a few steps from this marker); XQ-4A Drone (a few steps from this marker); PTV Parachute Test Vehicle (within shouting distance of this marker); IGOR Intercept Ground Optical Recorder (within shouting distance of this marker); V-2 Rocket Engine

F-1 Rocket Engine and Marker image. Click for full size.

Photographed by James Hulse, July 24, 2024

2. F-1 Rocket Engine and Marker

(within shouting distance of this marker). Touch for a list and map of all markers in Alamogordo.

Also see . . . Rocketdyne F-1. Wikipedia

The F-1 is a rocket engine developed by Rocketdyne. The engine uses a gas-generator cycle developed in the United States in the late 1950s and was used in the Saturn V rocket in the 1960s and early 1970s. Five F-1 engines were used in the S-IC first stage of each Saturn V, which served as the main launch vehicle of the Apollo program. The F-1 remains the most powerful single combustion chamber liquid-propellant rocket engine ever developed.

(Submitted on August 11, 2024, by James Hulse of Medina, Texas.)

Photographed by James Hulse, July 24, 2024

3. F-1 Rocket Engine and Marker

The exhaust side of the F-1 Rocket Engine image. Click for full size.

Photographed by James Hulse, July 24, 2024

4. The exhaust side of the F-1 Rocket Engine

Credits. This page was last revised on August 11, 2024. It was originally submitted on August 10, 2024, by James Hulse of Medina, Texas. This page has been viewed 559 times since then and 165 times this year. Photos: 1, 2, 3, 4. submitted on August 11, 2024, by James Hulse of Medina, Texas.