Amazon Founder Finds Apollo 11 Moon Rocket Engines On Ocean Floor
SPACE.com and collectSPACE.com Staff
Date: 28 March 2012 Time: 02:57 PM ET
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This NASA file photo shows the first stage of the mighty
Saturn V rocket used to launch the historic Apollo 11 moon landing
mission in 1969 as the booster was being built. The five huge F-1 rocket
engines were discarded into the Atlantic Ocean after the July 16, 1969
launch. CREDIT: NASA |
Lost, that is, until now.
A private expedition financed by Amazon.com founder and billionaire Jeff Bezos has discovered the five F-1 rocket engines used to launch Apollo 11 into space on July 16, 1969 and is drawing up plans to retrieve one or more so they can be publicly displayed.
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