I heard that the SSME is now at the museum on the National Mall, and that the F1 engine was sent back to NASA. They tore apart and updated the F1 and actually test fired it to gain data for SLS. Check out this link:http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2013/01/23/nasa-engine-test-parts-saturn-v-rocket-moon_n_2534361.html
Quote from: TimSnyder on 01/24/2013 01:56 pmI heard that the SSME is now at the museum on the National Mall, and that the F1 engine was sent back to NASA. They tore apart and updated the F1 and actually test fired it to gain data for SLS. Check out this link:http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2013/01/23/nasa-engine-test-parts-saturn-v-rocket-moon_n_2534361.htmlI was in DC today so I checked in on the engines.The SSME is indeed in the still incomplete display at the downtown Air and Space. The display F1 is still downtown too, not sure if the Smithsonian had a second F1?
I was wrong. What I saw at Huntsville was not a complete F-1, but the powerpack. I'm not sure exactly what this part is called. There were other parts on the floor, but I didn't take any pictures so I don't know what they were.
Where it went I have no idea but, I'm pretty sure that F-1 was on its way out the door.