NASA Administrator Congratulates Apollo Engine Recovery Team

March 20, 2013

David Weaver/Bob Jacobs
Headquarters, Washington
202-358-1600
david.s.weaver@nasa.gov / bob.jacobs@nasa.gov

RELEASE: 13-082

NASA ADMINISTRATOR CONGRATULATES APOLLO ENGINE RECOVERY TEAM

WASHINGTON -- The following is a statement from NASA Administrator
Charles Bolden on the successful recovery of Apollo Saturn V first
stage engines announced Wednesday by Jeff Bezos, the founder and
Chief Executive Officer of the aerospace company Blue Origin and
Amazon.com.

"Nearly one year ago, Jeff Bezos shared with us his plans to recover
F-1 engines that helped power Apollo astronauts to the moon in the
late 1960s and early 1970s. We share the excitement expressed by Jeff
and his team in announcing the recovery of two of the powerful Saturn
V first-stage engines from the bottom of the Atlantic Ocean.

"This is a historic find and I congratulate the team for its
determination and perseverance in the recovery of these important
artifacts of our first efforts to send humans beyond Earth orbit.

"We look forward to the restoration of these engines by the Bezos team
and applaud Jeff's desire to make these historic artifacts available
for public display.

"Jeff and his colleagues at Blue Origin are helping to usher in a new
commercial era of space exploration and we are confident our
continued collaboration will soon result in private human access to
space, creating jobs and driving America's leadership in innovation
and exploration."

For more about the Saturn V's F-1 engine and NASA, visit:

http://go.nasa.gov/ZdnMo2

and

http://www.nasa.gov

For more on the Bezos Expeditions, visit:

http://www.bezosexpeditions.com/updates.html


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