THE GAS GENERATOR TO AN F-1 ENGINE, THE MOST POWERFUL ROCKET ENGINE EVER BUILT, IS TEST-FIRED AT NASA'S MARSHALL SPACE FLIGHT CENTER IN HUNTSVILLE, ALABAMA, ON SEPT. 3. ALTHOUGH THE ENGINE WAS ORIGINALLY BUILT TO POWER THE SATURN V ROCKETS DURING AMERICA'S MISSIONS TO THE MOON, THIS TEST ARTICLE HAD NEW PARTS CREATED USING ADDITIVE MANUFACTURING, OR 3-D PRINTING, TO TEST THE VIABILITY OF THE TECHNOLOGY FOR BUILDING NEW ENGINE DESIGNS.
THE GAS GENERATOR TO AN F-1 ENGINE, THE MOST POWERFUL ROCKET ENGINE EVER BUILT, IS TEST-FIRED AT NASA'S MARSHALL SPACE FLIGHT CENTER IN HUNTSVILLE, ALABAMA, ON SEPT. 3. ALTHOUGH THE ENGINE WAS ORIGINALLY BUILT TO POWER THE SATURN V ROCKETS DURING AMERICA'S MISSIONS TO THE MOON, THIS TEST ARTICLE HAD NEW PARTS CREATED USING ADDITIVE MANUFACTURING, OR 3-D PRINTING, TO TEST THE VIABILITY OF THE TECHNOLOGY FOR BUILDING NEW ENGINE DESIGNS.
THE GAS GENERATOR TO AN F-1 ENGINE, THE MOST POWERFUL ROCKET ENGINE EVER BUILT, IS TEST-FIRED AT NASA'S MARSHALL SPACE FLIGHT CENTER IN HUNTSVILLE, ALABAMA, ON SEPT. 3. ALTHOUGH THE ENGINE WAS ORIGINALLY BUILT TO POWER THE SATURN V ROCKETS DURING AMERICA'S MISSIONS TO THE MOON, THIS TEST ARTICLE HAD NEW PARTS CREATED USING ADDITIVE MANUFACTURING, OR 3-D PRINTING, TO TEST THE VIABILITY OF THE TECHNOLOGY FOR BUILDING NEW ENGINE DESIGNS.
FROM LEFT TO RIGHT IN FRONT OF THE F-1 GAS GENERATOR ARE: DYNETICS PROGRAM MANAGER KIM DOERING, DYNETICS DEPUTY PROGRAM MANAGER ANDY CROCKER, MARSHALL PARTNERSHIPS MANAGER STACY COUNTS, AND MARSHALL PROJECT MANAGER FOR DYNETICS WHITNEY YOUNG.
PC271-004-049 F1 GG Testing with LOX/RP-1 (Dynetics/PWR) 02/14/2013 TS116
PC271-006-047 F1 GG Testing with LOX/RP-1 (Dynetics/PWR) 02/15/2013 TS116
PC271-003-060 F1 GG Testing with LOX/RP-1 (Dynetics/PWR) 02/14/2013 TS116
PC271-009—009 F1 GG Testing with LOX/RP-1 (Dynetics/PWR) 03/06/2013 TS116
PC271-001-033 F1 GG Testing with LOX/RP-1 (Dynetics/PWR) 02/13/2013 TS116
PC271-002-055 F1 GG Testing with LOX/RP-1 (Dynetics/PWR) GG 02/13/2013 TS116
Marshall Space Flight Center's rocket development has always included component testing. Pictured here is a Cell 114-B burn stack. The C114-B is part of the gas generators used to test heat exchanges for the F-1 engine. On the initial firing of the C114-B the spark ignition would not light. The rocket propellant mixed with the liquid oxygen gelled creating a bomb. After several attempts at ignition, the spark ignited and blew up the stand. Subsequent testings were completed on newly constructed stands and no further mishaps were reported.