Chatsworth, California: Big Rocket Engine
19 feet tall. Five of these engines lifted the rocket carrying the Apollo spacecraft to the moon. Moved in 2014 from Canoga Park facility.
- Address:
- 8900 De Soto Ave., Chatsworth, CA
- Directions:
- In the visitor parking lot circle at the Aerojet Rocketdyne factory.
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Sadly, the rocket engine is no longer [at the Canoga Park facility] -- the factory was sold to another company and the land is slated to be redeveloped into condos in the future. Boo...
[Dave B, 08/11/2014]
A giant rocket engine stands outside the Rocketdyne Santa Susanna field factory. A friend of mine said they used to test these up on some hill when he lived in San Dimas, and he could hear them at night. This engine, according to its plaque, is 19 feet tall, 12 feet wide, and produced 1,522,000 pounds of thrust. Five of them lifted the rocket carrying the Apollo spacecraft to the moon.
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Feb. 2016: According to Springerpop, "It simply moved to the other Rocketdyne facility in the San Fernando Valley, and is now in the parking lot at 8900 Desoto Avenue in Chatsworth, CA."