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"We're go: Mainfire"

The last call from the ground as the engines ignite

By Gordon Plant

June 29^th, 2014

The f1 engine

It took Five F1 Engines to get a Saturn 5 off the Pad

"We're go: Mainfire"

Stage 1

500,000 Gallons of fuel and liquid oxygen burned in 165 seconds

"We're go: Mainfire"

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"We're go: Mainfire"

"We're go: Mainfire"

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"We're go: Mainfire"

Stage 2

Five J2 Engines, a million pounds of thrust, six minutes of burn.

"We're go: Mainfire"

COMMAND / SERVICE MODULE

Three people shoulder-to-shoudler in a tiny space 363 feet from the F1 Engines

"We're go: Mainfire"

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"We're go: Mainfire"

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Splashdown!

Three men fall to the ocean in the only recoverable part of the whole machine

"We're go: Mainfire"

Footnotes

Photos taken in June 2014

FootNotes

Photos taken in June 2014

© 2026 Gordon Plant

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