N1 (rocket)
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The N1 was a super heavy-lift launch vehicle of the Soviet space program intended for crewed travel to the Moon and beyond. All four launch attempts between 1969 and 1972 failed. Studied and designed
Mockup at the Baikonur Cosmodrome in late 1967
N1 imaged by US KH-8 Gambit reconnaissance satellite, 19 September 1968
Scheme of the rocket stages (in Russian)
A comparison of the US Saturn V rocket (left) with the Soviet N1/L3. Note: human at bottom illustrates scale
Saturn V
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The Saturn V is a retired American super heavy-lift launch vehicle developed by NASA under the Apollo program for human exploration of the Moon. The rocket was human-rated, had three stages, and was l
N1 (rocket)
…the Moon and beyond. All four launch attempts between 1969 and 1972 failed. Studied and designed by OKB-1 since 1959, it was the counterpart to the US Saturn V. A five-stage kerolox-fuelled rocket, its Block A was the most powerful rocket stage flown for over 50 years, at 45 meganewtons of thrust, until the…
The launch of the Apollo 11 mission on Saturn V SA-506, July 16, 1969
Saturn V Dynamic Test Vehicle and flight vehicle configurations
Von Braun with the F-1 engines of the Saturn V first stage at the U.S. Space and Rocket Center
In Configuration One, SA-500D was fully assembled inside the dynamic test facility.