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| Apollo rocket engines recovered by Bezos team | Apollo rocket engines recovered by Bezos team |
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| Two long-lost engines from Apollo-era rockets have been hauled from a depth of more than 4km in the Atlantic Ocean. | Two long-lost engines from Apollo-era rockets have been hauled from a depth of more than 4km in the Atlantic Ocean. |
| The F-1 engines are from the first stage of a Saturn rocket, which were used throughout the Apollo programme and some of which launched men to the Moon. | |
| A number of engines were first found nearly a year ago by Bezos Expeditions, run by Amazon founder Jeff Bezos. | A number of engines were first found nearly a year ago by Bezos Expeditions, run by Amazon founder Jeff Bezos. |
| The two recovered engines will now be restored and put on public display. | The two recovered engines will now be restored and put on public display. |
| The F-1 was a workhorse engine for the US space agency Nasa as the most powerful single-chamber liquid-fuelled engine ever developed. Five F-1 engines sat at the bottom of the Saturn-V rockets used throughout the Apollo programme. | The F-1 was a workhorse engine for the US space agency Nasa as the most powerful single-chamber liquid-fuelled engine ever developed. Five F-1 engines sat at the bottom of the Saturn-V rockets used throughout the Apollo programme. |
| After three weeks at sea, the Bezos Expeditions team recovered two such engines using remotely-operated vehicles. | After three weeks at sea, the Bezos Expeditions team recovered two such engines using remotely-operated vehicles. |
| Because the engines' serial numbers are partially missing, it remains unclear which Apollo mission they are from - that may become clearer during restoration. | Because the engines' serial numbers are partially missing, it remains unclear which Apollo mission they are from - that may become clearer during restoration. |
| Mr Bezos is a long-time space enthusiast and also leads Blue Origin, one of a number of private spaceflight firms aiming to drastically reduce the costs of spaceflight. | Mr Bezos is a long-time space enthusiast and also leads Blue Origin, one of a number of private spaceflight firms aiming to drastically reduce the costs of spaceflight. |
| "We've seen an underwater wonderland - an incredible sculpture garden of twisted F-1 engines that tells the story of a fiery and violent end, one that serves testament to the Apollo program," Mr Bezos wrote in a blog post from the ship Seabed Worker, now on its way back to Cape Canaveral. | "We've seen an underwater wonderland - an incredible sculpture garden of twisted F-1 engines that tells the story of a fiery and violent end, one that serves testament to the Apollo program," Mr Bezos wrote in a blog post from the ship Seabed Worker, now on its way back to Cape Canaveral. |
| "Each piece we bring on deck conjures for me the thousands of engineers who worked together back then to do what for all time had been thought surely impossible." | "Each piece we bring on deck conjures for me the thousands of engineers who worked together back then to do what for all time had been thought surely impossible." |
| Nasa administrator Charles Bolden released a statement congratulating the team, saying: "This is a historic find and I congratulate the team for its determination and perseverance in the recovery of these important artefacts of our first efforts to send humans beyond Earth orbit." | Nasa administrator Charles Bolden released a statement congratulating the team, saying: "This is a historic find and I congratulate the team for its determination and perseverance in the recovery of these important artefacts of our first efforts to send humans beyond Earth orbit." |