The Museum of Flight announces the arrival of historic rocket engines used to launch NASA's Apollo 12 and Apollo 16 missions to the moon. The historic engines were recovered from the sea by Seattle-based Bezos Expeditions in 2013 and have been under conservation at the Kansas Cosmosphere and Space Center. At the request of the Bezos Expeditions team, NASA has now given the artifacts to the Museum for permanent display in Seattle.
These unique artifacts of history arrive just in time for the anniversary of the Apollo 12 Moon Landing on Nov. 19, 1969. These relics are now part of The Museum of Flight, and will soon be on view for the public for the first time. One section of the Apollo 12 engine will be previewed at the Museum from Nov. 21 until Jan. 4, 2016. Then it will be moved to the Museum archives until 2017, when it will return with the rest of the F-1 artifacts as part of a new permanent Apollo exhibit. This new permanent exhibit will showcase the salvaged Apollo 12 and Apollo 16 F-1 remains, other Apollo artifacts including lunar rocks, and large display illustrating the career of Apollo 12 Commander Pete Conrad.
Bezos Expeditions found and recovered the engines from the bottom of the Atlantic in 2013. The engines were our last missing links to the first adventures to another world.
