Marshall Space Flight Center, located in Huntsville, Alabama, conducted the first clustered firing of the Saturn V's first stage (the S-IC) on April 16, 1965. The booster's five F-1 engines...

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 …

Apr 26, 2021 · Engineers at the facility tested the first Saturn V rocket stage on April 23, 1966. The facility tested all subsequent Saturn V first and second stages as well as space shuttle …

Between April 1965 and August 1966, eighteen tests were completed on the S-IC-T (built for test only) stage of the Saturn V launch vehicle, and during 1966, testing was completed on the first …

Nov 19, 2009 · This photograph depicts a test firing of an F-1 engine at the F-1 engine test stand in the west test area of the Marshall Space Flight Center. This engine produced 1,500,000 …

Nov 2, 2022 · The Rocketdyne F-1 engines powered the first stage of the Saturn V rocket that launched the Apollo lunar missions. The Air and Space Museum’s redesigned F-1 installation …

The first static test of all five first stage Saturn V F1 Engines.

The Saturn V dynamic test vehicle, designated SA-500D, is a prototype Saturn V rocket used by NASA to test the performance of the rocket when vibrated to simulate the shaking which …

Apr 14, 2021 · This week in 1965, technicians at NASA’s Marshall Space Flight Center successfully test-fired the Saturn V first stage for the first time. The S-IC booster stage …

Jan 22, 2013 · NASA engineers are test firing recovered components from the F-1 engines that powered the huge Saturn 5 rockets that launched humans to the moon.