TMK
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TMK was the designation of a Soviet space exploration project to send a crewed flight to Mars and Venus without landing.
Artist's depiction of TMK-MAVR on a Venus flyby
Mars mission
RP-1
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RP-1 and similar fuels like RG-1 and T-1 are highly refined kerosene formulations used as rocket fuel. Liquid-fueled rockets that use RP-1 as fuel are known as kerolox rockets. In their engines, RP-1
TMK
…N1 rocket never flew successfully. TMK-1 TMK-1 Mission type crewed interplanetary Mission duration 1095 days Spacecraft properties Spacecraft type RP-1/LOX Dimensions Length: 39 feet (12 m) Diameter: 19.60 feet (5.97 m) Volume: 4,555.6 cubic feet (129.00 m3) Crew Crew size 3 Members Soviet cosmonauts…
An Erlenmeyer flask containing about two litres (1⁄2 US gallon) of RP-1. It is dyed red but has a natural clear to pale yellow color.
Apollo 8, Saturn V with 810,700 litres of RP-1 and 1,311,100 liters of LOX in the S-IC first stage