Apollo 11 Engines To Be Recovered from Atlantic Ocean Floor

Bethany Whitfield

Friday, March 30, 2012 at 08:35 PM ET

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** Saturn V during preparations for the 1969 launch**

Key Takeaways:

Jeff Bezos's team has located the F-1 engines from the Apollo 11 Saturn V rocket 14,000 feet deep in the Atlantic Ocean using deep-sea sonar.
The team plans a challenging retrieval effort for the 9-ton engines, whose condition is unknown after more than 40 years in saltwater.
NASA, which still legally owns the engines, is reviewing the recovery proposal and will advise on assistance and their ultimate disposition.
Bezos has indicated a desire for the recovered engines to be displayed in a museum, possibly the Museum of Flight in his hometown of Seattle.

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A team backed by Amazon founder Jeff Bezos has found the F-1 engines of the Saturn V rocket that launched the historic Apollo 11 mission more than 50 years ago, and now is planning an attempt to retrieve one or more of the engines from the bottom of the Atlantic Ocean.

According to a statement by Bezos, the engines were found 14,000 feet below the surface of the Atlantic through the use of deep-sea sonar.