The Saturn V F-1 Engine: Powering Apollo into History (Springer Praxis Books) - Softcover

Young, Anthony

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0387096299 ISBN 13: 9780387096292

Publisher: Praxis, 2008

Synopsis

When the mighty Rocketdyne F-1 engine was conceived in the late 1950s for the U.S. Air Force, it had no defined mission and there was no launch vehicle it could power. It was a bold concept to push the technological envelope of rocket propulsion in order to put massive payloads into Earth orbit. Few realized at the time that the F-1 would one day propel American astronauts to the Moon. In The Saturn V F-1 Engine, Anthony Young tells the amazing story of unbridled vision, bold engineering, explosive failures during testing, unrelenting persistence to find solutions, and ultimate success in launching the Saturn V with a 100 percent success rate. The book

• contains personal interviews with many Rocketdyne and NASA personnel involved in the engine’s design, development, testing and production;
• is lavishly illustrated with black-and-white and color photographs, many never previously published
• is the first complete history of the most powerful rocket engine ever built.
  

The F-1 engine remains the high point in U.S. liquid rocket propulsion – it represents a period in American history when nothing was impossible.

About this title

About the Author

Anthony Young's first automotive book, published in 1984, became the best-selling automotive title sold in America within three months of its publication, according to Auto Week magazine.  His first Springer-Praxis book, Lunar and Planetary Rovers: The Wheels of Apollo and the Quest for Mars will be published in the fall of 2006. He is a regular contributor to Space Times magazine and the online weekly website, The Space Review.

From the Back Cover

When the mighty Rocketdyne F-1 engine was conceived in the late 1950s for the U.S. Air Force, it had no defined mission and there was no launch vehicle it could power. It was a bold concept to push the technological envelope of rocket propulsion in order to put massive payloads into Earth orbit. Few realized at the time that the F-1 would one day propel American astronauts to the Moon. In The Saturn V F-1 Engine, Anthony Young tells the amazing story of unbridled vision, bold engineering, explosive failures during testing, unrelenting persistence to find solutions, and ultimate success in launching the Saturn V with a 100 percent success rate. The book

• contains personal interviews with many Rocketdyne and NASA personnel involved in the engine’s design, development, testing and production;
• is lavishly illustrated with black-and-white and color photographs, many never previously published
• is the first complete history of the most powerful rocket engine ever built.
  

The F-1 engine remains the high point in U.S. liquid rocket propulsion – it represents a period in American history when nothing was impossible.

Edition details

• Publisher: Praxis
• Publication date: 2008
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0387096299
• ISBN 13: 9780387096292
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 298