Rocket Engine Test Rocketdyne California

Shot 08/02/1994 Rocketdyne Simi Valley, California - LU1005

Some of the engines developed by Rocketdyne are: * H-1 (RP-1/LOX) Used by the Saturn I, IB, Jupiter, and some Delta rockets. * F-1 (RP-1/LOX) Used by the Saturn V. * J-2 (LH2/LOX) Used by both the Saturn IB and Saturn V. o J-2X (LH2/LOX) Upgraded J-2 engine to be used on the proposed Shuttle derived manned Ares I and unmanned Ares V heavy-lift launch vehicles. * SSME (LH2/LOX) The Space Shuttle Main Engine. Known by Rocketdyne as the RS-24 engine for engineering purposes. * RL-10 (LH2/LOX) An ASME Historic Landmark developed by Pratt & Whitney. Used on the Saturn I, the upper stage of the Delta IV, the Centaur upper stage for the Atlas V and Titan rockets and on the vertical-landing DC-X "Delta Clipper". It will serve as the main propulsion engine for the Altair lunar lander. * RS-68 (LH2/LOX) Used by the Delta IV first stage, and will be used on the proposed Ares V heavy-lift launch vehicle. The engine has also been proposed for use on the independently-studied DIRECT 2.0 alternative launch system. * XRS-2200 (LH2/LOX) Known as the "Linear Aerospike Engine", it was designed for Lockheed Martin's X-33 Single Stage to Orbit (SSTO) demonstrator. * RS-27A (RP-1/LOX) Used by the Delta II/III and Atlas ICBM. * RS-83 designed for NASA's (canceled) Space Launch Initiative.


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[krebsderek]

@d3u1d4e Yes it is

[Polybun]

doesn't really look like an F-1 engine

[monimstarfox]

@d3u1d4e

hm could be but the most obvious reason i can see is so nothing lights up on fire

[d3u1d4e]

Is all that water being released for acoustic damping?

[jackdean1933]

This is Alfa 2 test stand. I was development engineer on Atlas 2 in 1956 on this stand.

[MondoMovie1977]

Cancer.

[USAmerican100]

Looks like the dude just about lost his camera when it lit up!!

[socalspade21]

ya i remember that used to shake the walls and windows it was intense and i lived over by sinaloa street so farthest from it almost and still was awesome

[oisiaa]

Rockets are insane. The power is almost unfathomable!

[watchress]

Wow, that was awesome. I've lived here in Simi for 40 years, just below the Rocketdyne plant. I always wanted to see that. The testing, as a child, seemed like a daily occurence. We had drills in school, should the plant have a disaster of some kind. Part of a childhood memory. Thanks for sharing.