For the first N-1 launch, the rocket was powered by 30 of these closed-cycle engines, each running at about 1/6 of the thrust of a Saturn V engine. Whether you’re shaking or nodding your head at ...

On October 27, 1961, NASA launched the first test flight of its new Saturn I space launch vehicle ... The only thing that went wrong was that its engines cut off 1.6 seconds early, but that ...

preferred a different depiction of the Saturn V, though they noted that they liked the billowing plume from the rocket's five F-1 engines as depicted by Kunz. Ultimately, the decision was made by ...