{"id":212,"date":"2013-01-25T21:03:08","date_gmt":"2013-01-25T21:03:08","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/hobbyspace.com\/Blog\/?p=212"},"modified":"2013-01-25T21:04:47","modified_gmt":"2013-01-25T21:04:47","slug":"nasa-fires-f-1-engine-gas-generator","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/hobbyspace.com\/Blog\/?p=212","title":{"rendered":"NASA fires F-1 engine gas generator"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>As part of the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/exploration\/systems\/sls\/\" target=\"_blank\">SLS<\/a> archeology project, a group\u00a0 of NASA engineers have refurbished a <a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Gas-generator_cycle_%28rocket%29\" target=\"_blank\">gas-generator<\/a> , essentially a separate rocket engine used to drive pumps for the main engine, used for the famous <a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/F-1_%28rocket_engine%29\" target=\"_blank\">Saturn F-1 engines<\/a> and fired it several times.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/blog.al.com\/breaking\/2013\/01\/that_sound_in_huntsville_today.html\" target=\"_d\">That sound in Huntsville today? It was NASA test-firing a piece of rocket history (video) &#8211; Huntsville Times<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/arstechnica.com\/science\/2013\/01\/saturn-v-moon-rocket-engine-firing-again-after-40-years-sort-of\/\" target=\"_d\">Saturn V \u201cmoon rocket\u201d engine firing again after 40 years, sort of: <i>NASA pulls giant engine parts from museums, remakes &#8217;em, and lights &#8217;em up<\/i> &#8211; Ars Technica<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/exploration\/systems\/sls\/f1_test.html\" target=\"_d\">World&#8217;s Most Powerful Engine Blazes Path for Space Launch System Advanced Propulsion &#8211; NASA<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/exploration\/systems\/sls\/f1_sls.html\" target=\"_d\">NASA Engineers Resurrect And Test Mighty F-1 Engine Gas Generator: Testing Will Aid NASA&#8217;s Space Launch System Advanced Development &#8211; NASA &#8211; Jan.15.13<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/hobbyspace.com\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/01\/718979main_IMG_7022_cropped_800-6001.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"213\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/hobbyspace.com\/Blog\/?attachment_id=213\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/hobbyspace.com\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/01\/718979main_IMG_7022_cropped_800-6001.jpg\" data-orig-size=\"800,600\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"718979main_IMG_7022_cropped_800-600[1]\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/hobbyspace.com\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/01\/718979main_IMG_7022_cropped_800-6001-300x225.jpg\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/hobbyspace.com\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/01\/718979main_IMG_7022_cropped_800-6001.jpg\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-213\" alt=\"718979main_IMG_7022_cropped_800-600[1]\" src=\"http:\/\/hobbyspace.com\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/01\/718979main_IMG_7022_cropped_800-6001.jpg\" width=\"498\" height=\"373\" srcset=\"https:\/\/hobbyspace.com\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/01\/718979main_IMG_7022_cropped_800-6001.jpg 800w, https:\/\/hobbyspace.com\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/01\/718979main_IMG_7022_cropped_800-6001-300x225.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 498px) 100vw, 498px\" \/><\/a>Engineers in the F-1 gas generator project take on the 1960s NASA look.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><script type=\"text\/javascript\" src=\"http:\/\/cdn-akm.vmixcore.com\/vmixcore\/js?auto_play=0&#038;cc_default_off=1&#038;player_name=uvp&#038;width=512&#038;height=332&#038;player_id=1aa0b90d7d31305a75d7fa03bc403f5a&#038;t=V0cQ9GqsiNY8_bBw25l8OkVhurlPGjc13Y\"><\/script><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>As part of the SLS archeology project, a group\u00a0 of NASA engineers have refurbished a gas-generator , essentially a separate rocket engine used to drive pumps for the main engine, used for the famous Saturn F-1 engines and fired it several times. That sound in Huntsville today? It was NASA test-firing a piece of rocket &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/hobbyspace.com\/Blog\/?p=212\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">NASA fires F-1 engine gas generator<\/span> <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[6,5],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-212","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-history","category-rockets"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p34aWK-3q","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":3727,"url":"https:\/\/hobbyspace.com\/Blog\/?p=3727","url_meta":{"origin":212,"position":0},"title":"Blueprint posters of famous space hardware","author":"TopSpacer","date":"July 31, 2013","format":false,"excerpt":"The firm Artifactory Replicas -\u00a0 From the Ground Up - makes and sells reproductions of NASA blueprints taken from source materials in the public domain.\u00a0 They call them Aero Art Prints. \u00a0 The \"digitally enhanced prints eliminate water stains, wrinkles, and tears, resulting in a pristine work of art\". 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