Key Accomplishment(s) World's most powerful single-chamber rocket engine Brief Description The F-1 engine was the powerplant for the first stage of the 111-meter (363-foot) tall Saturn V launch ...

the Saturn V's first stage propelled the rocket to an altitude of approximately 42 miles. The engines shot the rocket into the sky at a speed of 7,500 feet per second, or around 5,113 miles per hour.

A video animation shows the Martin Marietta reusable Nova rocket in action for the first time, it's the rocket that was ...

As if mirroring the 10 years of the Apollo era in a few short minutes, night turned to day as the fire from the Saturn V's powerful F-1 engines bathed Cape Canaveral with a glorious ethereal light.