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Jeff Bezos expedition finds proof that recovered F-1 engine belongs to Apollo 11

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Jeff Bezos' team identifies an F1 engine as belonging to Apollo 11

Jeff Bezos' expeditionary team already believes that it's recovering Apollo 11 engines from the ocean, but it now has firm evidence that it's on the right track. The group has just found a serial number (pictured above) linking a salvaged thrust chamber to the fifth F-1 engine on Apollo 11's Saturn V rocket. While there's more identification work to go, the discovery shows that Bezos' conservation project is paying off. The timing is also rather convenient -- it gives us a fitting tribute to the NASA explorers that reached the Moon 44 years ago.

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Jeff Bezos highlights finds from F-1 engine underwater ‘sculpture garden’

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You'd think running a company like Amazon would keep a guy busy. But like many of his fellow billionaires, Jeff Bezos still has big dreams. Space dreams. As of late, the exec's been spending time onboard the Seabed Worker (much of which has apparently involved working on his computer from the cabin), alongside a crew tasked with recovering F-1 engines from the Apollo program, which are now a part of an "incredible sculpture garden...that tells the story of a fiery and violent end." Seems Bezos has been exercising his poesy muscles in the cabin, as well. The team has apparently recovered enough F1-parts to construct two engines, which will go on display to help "inspire something amazing." More striking images from the expedition can be seen in the source link below.

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1,000 mph Car’s Rocket gets Fired

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At 12 feet long, 18 inches in diameter and 450kg in weight, BLOODHOUND’s rocket is the largest of its kind ever designed in Europe and the biggest to be fired in the UK for 20 years.The test...