Rocketdyne's huge F-1 Rocket Engine is loaded aboard the "Pregnant Guppy"
Alternative Title
Valley Times Photo Collection
Creator
Dean, Gordon
Contributor
This project was supported in whole or in part by the U.S. Institute of Museum and Library Services under the provisions of the Library Services and Technology Act, administered in California by the State Librarian. Made accessible through a grant from the John Randolph Haynes and Dora Haynes Foundation and Photo Friends.
Photograph was edited for publication purposes; Used in the exhibit "Over Our Heads: Los Angeles Goes From Stargazing to Moon Landing" Photograph caption dated October 30, 1963 reads "Canoga Park firm's engine is en route to Alabama for Apollo moon project." The article partially reads "The first production model of Rocketdyne's giant F-1 engine, which will be used to power the Apollo moon vehicle, was loaded aboard the modified Boeing Stratocruiser cargo plane Tuesday at Los International Airport."
Type
image
Format
1 photographic print :b&w ;26 x 21 cm. Photographic prints
North American Aviation.--Rocketdyne Division Los Angeles International Airport Men--California--Los Angeles Boeing 377 (Transport plane) Rocket engines Airplanes--California--Los Angeles Airports--California--Los Angeles Cranes, derricks, etc.--California--Los Angeles Westchester (Los Angeles, Calif.) Valley Times Collection photographs
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