Object Details
- Manufacturer
- Rocketdyne Division, Rockwell International
- Summary
- The H-1 liquid-fuel rocket engine was the first stage power plant for the Saturn 1 and Saturn 1B launch vehicles, the precursors to the Saturn V, the rocket that propelled astronauts to the Moon in the Apollo program. The Saturn 1 and Saturn 1B were each fitted with eight H-1 engines in their first stages. The engine uses RP-1 (kerosene) and liquid oxygen.
- The H-1 was evolved directly from Army Ballistic Missile Agency projects, specifically the Jupiter and Juno V - later re-designated the Saturn. The successful launches of the Saturn 1 and Saturn 1B led the way to the Saturn V. The Saturn 1, with its eight H-1's, first flew on October 27, 1961, while the last Saturn 1B was flown on July 15, 1975, for the Apollo-Soyuz Test Project.
- NASA's Marshall Space Flight Center transferred this H-1 engine to the Smithsonian Institution in 1970.
- Credit Line
- Transferred from the National Aeronautics and Space Administration
- ca. 1958-1975
- Inventory Number
- A19700284000
- Restrictions & Rights
- Usage conditions apply
- Type
- PROPULSION-Rocket Engines
- Materials
- Chamber and nozzle coolant passages 347 stainless steel. Propellant tanks, lines, and valves, stainless steel. Pumps, aluminum alloys; turbine, Hastealloy. Injector, OHFC copper and 347 stainless steel.
- Combustion chamber made of 292 stainless steel tubes. The assembly, except for inlet manifold, was furnaced brazed with gold brazing alloy. Injectors, furnaced brazed.
- Dimensions
- Overall: 75 in. tall x 98 in. long x 47 in. diameter, 1870 lb. (190.5 x 248.92 x 119.38cm, 848.2kg)
- Country of Origin
- United States of America
- See more items in
- National Air and Space Museum Collection
- National Air and Space Museum
- Record ID
- nasm_A19700284000
- GUID (Link to Original Record)
- http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/nv93451a5c4-6eb9-4a09-8e69-97c3c8154c72
