N1 lunar rocket program

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The N1 lunar rocket program was the Soviet Union’s ambitious but ultimately unsuccessful effort to develop a super-heavy launch vehicle capable of sending cosmonauts to the Moon during the space race.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Soviet space program
lunar exploration program
super-heavy launch vehicle development program
aimedAt sending cosmonauts to the Moon
cancellationYear 1974
chiefDesigner Sergei Korolev
country Soviet Union
crewedFlights 0
developedBy OKB-1
firstLaunchDate 21 February 1969
firstStageDesignation Block A
firstStageEngineCount 30
firstStageEngineType NK-15
fourthLaunchDate 23 November 1972
intendedCompetitor Saturn V launch vehicle
linked to: Saturn V

United States Apollo program
linked to: Apollo program
intendedCrewSize 2 cosmonauts
intendedLunarLandingCrew 1 cosmonaut on the surface
intendedLunarOrbitCrew 1 cosmonaut in lunar orbit
intendedMissionProfile lunar orbit rendezvous
intendedPayload L3 lunar complex
laterFirstStageEngineType NK-33
linked to: NK-33 engine
launchOutcome all four launches failed
launchPad Site 110 at Baikonur
linked to: Baikonur Cosmodrome
launchSite Baikonur Cosmodrome
numberOfTestFlights 4
partOf Soviet crewed lunar program
space race
publicDisclosure major details revealed after collapse of Soviet Union
reasonForCancellation high cost and technical risk
loss of political priority after Apollo successes
repeated launch failures
reasonForFailure complex engine plumbing and control issues
first-stage engine reliability problems
lack of full-scale static test stand for first stage
rocketConfiguration three-stage design for lunar missions
rocketName N1
rocketType expendable launch vehicle
secondLaunchDate 3 July 1969
secondStageDesignation Block B
secrecy program details kept highly classified during Soviet era
status cancelled
successorChiefDesigner Vasily Mishin
technologyLegacy NK-33 engines later used in other launch vehicles
experience with clustered-engine first stages
testFlightDesignation N1-3L
linked to: N1

N1-5L
linked to: N1

N1-6L
linked to: N1

N1-7L
thirdLaunchDate 27 June 1971
thirdStageDesignation Block V

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Vasily Mishin notableWork N1 lunar rocket program
Soviet missile program hasPart N1 lunar rocket program
NK-33 intendedForVehicle N1 lunar rocket
subject linked to: NK-33 engine
linked to: N1 lunar rocket program
NK-33 program N1-L3 lunar program
subject linked to: NK-33 engine
linked to: N1 lunar rocket program
Blok D upper stage launchVehicleFamily N1-L3 lunar rocket
linked to: N1 lunar rocket program
Soyuz 3 belongsTo Soviet crewed lunar program (test phase)
linked to: N1 lunar rocket program