F-1, commonly known as Rocketdyne F1, was a rocket engine developed by Rocketdyne.
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11 Facts About Rocketdyne F-1
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Five Rocketdyne 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.
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The Rocketdyne F-1 remains the most powerful single combustion chamber liquid-propellant rocket engine ever developed.
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Rocketdyne F-1 engine is the most powerful single-nozzle liquid-fueled rocket engine ever flown.
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The Rocketdyne F-1 burned RP-1 as the fuel and used liquid oxygen as the oxidizer.
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Each Rocketdyne F-1 engine had more thrust than three Space Shuttle Main Engines combined.
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Rocketdyne F-1 is the largest, highest-thrust single-chamber, single-nozzle liquid-fuel engine flown.
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Sixty-five Rocketdyne F-1 engines were launched aboard thirteen Saturn Vs, and each first stage landed in the Atlantic Ocean.
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Ten Rocketdyne F-1 engines were installed on two production Saturn Vs that never flew.
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An Rocketdyne F-1 engine is on a horizontal display stand at Science Museum Oklahoma in Oklahoma City.
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Rocketdyne F-1 affirmed NASA's position that any recovered artifacts would remain property of the agency, but that they would likely be offered to the Smithsonian Institution and other museums, depending on the number recovered.
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