As NASA researches the best (and most cost effective) ways to someday launch humans beyond low-Earth orbit once again, it's looking back at its storied history for clues. Recently a team of young engineers got the rare opportunity to disassemble the F-1 — NASA's most powerful rocket engine — analyze its components, and refurbish the engine anew. Despite the fact that it was completed way back in the 1950s, the F-1 remains the most powerful rocket engine ever assembled by the United States. Five F-1 engines propelled NASA's Saturn V rocket to the skies throughout the Apollo program. The young generation of engineers were also able to reassemble and fire its gas generator, experiencing 31,000 pounds of thrust firsthand. The engine is...
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