Apollo 11's F-1 Engines Recovered From The Bottom Of The Alantic
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07/21/2013
Forty-four years ago tomorrow, Neil Armstrong stepped onto the moon, and now we have recovered a critical technological marvel that made it possible.
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A crumpled rocket engine nozzle lies on the ocean floor. The Saturn 5's first stage fired its engines for two and a half minutes after launch, and then was jettisoned to let the second stage take over during ascent -
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ROV snapshot shows the structure of the Saturn 5 rocket's first stage. -
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Salvage workers check out the thrust chamber from an F-1 rocket engine aboard the Seabed Worker -
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Workers examine the gas generator and manifold from an F-1 rocket engine -
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A worker directs the spray from a hose onto the injector and liquid-oxygen dome from an F-1 rocket engine -
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The nozzle hat band from an F-1 rocket engine gets a washing. -
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The massive heat exchanger from an F-1 rocket engine is brought aboard the Seabed Worker -
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The turbine for an F-1 rocket engine sits on the Seabed Worker's deck -
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Workers wash off the thrust chamber and fuel manifold from an F-1 rocket engine recovered from the Atlantic -
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The thrust chamber from an F-1 rocket engine sits on the bottom of the ocean -
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A crumpled rocket engine nozzle lies on the ocean floor. The Saturn 5's first stage fired its engines for two and a half minutes after launch, and then was jettisoned to let the second stage take over during ascent
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