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Topic: Soviet Union's N1 heavy lift rocket (1969-1972)
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cspg
Member Posts: 6210
From: Geneva, Switzerland
Registered: May 2006
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posted 02-25-2009 12:55 AM
   
Interesting footage of the N-1 rocket: |
garymilgrom
Member Posts: 1966
From: Atlanta, GA
Registered: Feb 2007
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posted 02-25-2009 03:34 AM
Wow! Great footage! I've never seen anything like this. Can anyone translate the audio? |
cspg
Member Posts: 6210
From: Geneva, Switzerland
Registered: May 2006
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posted 02-25-2009 05:51 AM
Apparently the above file is part of a 26-minute documentary.I love the aerial view of two N-1 rockets on the pad and also the payload fairing separation. Haven't watched the whole film, though. I wish there were English subtitles! |
Jay Chladek
Member Posts: 2272
From: Bellevue, NE, USA
Registered: Aug 2007
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posted 02-26-2009 10:29 PM
According to my copy of "Rockets of the World" by Peter Alway, the dates of the flights were: - Flight 1, February 21, 1969
- Flight 2, July 3, 1969 (where the rocket crashed back onto the pad)
- Flight 3, June, 27, 1971
- Flight 4, November 23, 1972
It also says that two more rockets were assembled for flights in 1974 and 1976. But V.P. Glushko took over the Korolev design bureau from Mishin and Glushko opted to scrap the N-1 design and go with something all new powered by Cryogenic fuels (hydrogen as opposed to kerosene which Korolev preferred). The organization was renamed Energiya and the fruits of their labor would fly in 1988 and 1989 as the Energia booster for the Polyus payload and the Buran shuttle. |
MadSci
Member Posts: 226
From: Maryland, USA
Registered: Oct 2008
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posted 04-18-2009 04:27 AM
Amazing footage! I've never seen the LK 'Planting' rockets in action before! |
Tykeanaut
Member Posts: 2212
From: Worcestershire, England, UK.
Registered: Apr 2008
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posted 12-19-2014 10:19 AM
Apparently any remaining rockets were converted for farms as pig-feed sheds! |
Tykeanaut
Member Posts: 2212
From: Worcestershire, England, UK.
Registered: Apr 2008
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posted 12-20-2014 12:21 PM
While I know this question is hypothetical I do hope it's not also dumb? But had Russia actually got their rocket into orbit would it have been as technically capable as the Saturn V configuration in achieving a successful moon landing mission? |
Lasv3
Member Posts: 410
From: Bratislava, Slovakia
Registered: Apr 2009
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posted 12-20-2014 01:17 PM
I do believe they would be able to land on the Moon. They needed — maybe — two to three more launches to overcome the first stage problems caused by the very high number of engines and the rest would not be that difficult. After Apollo 11 the Soviet leadership lost the motivation with the loss of the moon race and refused to finance the program. They turned their attention to the Salyut space station program instead. I also believe that had Korolyov lived he would send the cosmonauts for the circumlunar flight before Apollo 8. This was fully possible despite some problems with the Zond test flights, however, his successor Mishin was not willing to go for that risk. Korolyov would not miss such opportunity to beat the Americans once more. This is only just my speculation of course. |
mikepf
Member Posts: 441
From: San Jose, California, USA
Registered: Mar 2002
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posted 12-22-2014 12:14 PM
I think in technical terms, that rocket is what Wally Scirra would call one big Maumoo. |
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