Dr. Wernher von Braun stands beside the Saturn V dynamic test vehicle’s five F-1 engines, now displayed at the U.S. Space & Rocket Center in Huntsville, Alabama. Each engine is about 19 feet (5.8 m) tall, with a nozzle exit roughly 12.5 feet (3.8 m) across. Together, the cluster consumed on the order of 15 tons of liquid oxygen and RP-1 kerosene per second and generated about 7.5 million pounds of liftoff thrust. #jet #aviation #Rockets #ww2 | Jets 'n' Props

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As the director of NASA’s Marshall Space Flight Center in Huntsville, Alabama, Wernher von Braun led NASA'S development of the Saturn V rocket that took Apollo 11 to the Moon. His Nazi record was not widely known until after his death. | American Experience | PBS