Rocketdyne F-1
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The F-1, commonly known as Rocketdyne F-1, is a rocket engine developed by Rocketdyne. The engine uses a gas-generator cycle developed in the United States in the late 1950s and was used in the Saturn V rocket in the 1960s and early 1970s. 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 chamber liquid-propellant rocket engine ever developed.
F-1 rocket engine specifications
Wernher von Braun with the F-1 engines of the Saturn V first stage at the U.S. Space and Rocket Center
Test firing of an F-1 engine at Edwards Air Force Base (The large spheres atop the platform are Horton spheres for the fuel and oxidizer)
Installation of F-1 engines to the Saturn V S-IC Stage. The nozzle extension is absent from the engine being fitted.
Saturn V
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The Saturn V is a retired American super heavy-lift launch vehicle developed by NASA under the Apollo program for human exploration of the Moon. The rocket was human-rated, had three stages, and was powered by liquid fuel. Flown from 1967 to 1973, it was used for nine crewed flights to the Moon, and to launch Skylab, the first American space station.
Saturn V testing vehicle and flight vehicle configurations
All Saturn V launches, 1967–1973