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"The J-2 Engine.
The first liquid-hydrogen-fueled American rocket engine, the J-2 is best-known for powering the second and third stages of the powerful Saturn V rocket for NASA's Apollo moon missions, supporting America's successful mission of discover to the moon.
The innovative J-2 spawned numerous engine development programs, including the space shuttle main engine. Today engineers at NASA's Marshall Space Flight Center and Pratt & Whitney Rocketdyne Inc. are developing the next generation, the J-2X, to boost the upper sage of the Ares I crew launch vehicle to origin and help tomorrow's explorers carry on our mission in space." NASA sign at site
Source: Deane K. Dayton
Date: 2011
Rights: Deane K. Dayton