It generates four times more thrust than an F-16 jet and 12,000 pounds more than the Mercury-Redstone rocket. The Rocketdyne F-1 is 18 feet long, 12 feet in diameter, and capable of producing 1.5 ...

The booster on the pad at Cape Canaveral was a Redstone, a militarily obsolete but reliable Army rocket. Perched on its nose was a Mercury space capsule, designed to carry a man into orbit and ...