Vintage black-and-white man in suit at left, spacecraft module with solar panel at right, teal banner reading "CEB and space travel."
Portrait beside text: engineer joined chemical engineering dept in 1946 to perfect a hydrogen‑oxygen fuel cell
Bacon fuel cell unit beside text stating three cells powered Apollo spacecraft, producing electricity with only water as a byproduct.
Blue-plaque graphic honoring a scientist credited with the first practical hydrogen–oxygen fuel cell; 2024 CEB plaque.
Powering Apollo ⚡
In honour of humanity's return to the moon, take a look back at our Department's contributor to the original moon missions, Francis Thomas 'Tom' Bacon.
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