The N1 (from Ракета-носитель Raketa-nositel', "Carrier Rocket"; Cyrillic: Н 1) [5] was a super heavy-lift launch vehicle intended to deliver payloads beyond low Earth orbit. The N1 was the Soviet counterpart to the US Saturn V and was intended to enable crewed travel to the Moon and beyond, [6] with studies beginning as early as 1959. [7] .

Feb 21, 2020 · The N1, or Raketa-nositel "rocket-carrier", was a Soviet heavy-lift launch vehicle intended to send Soviet cosmonauts to the moon in the late 1960s and early 70s. The L3 complex was the four-component system designed to fly and land cosmonauts on the moon.

Three rockets were designed by OKB-1 utilizing these engines: The first variant, YaKhR-2, followed the layout of the R-7 ICBM. With a length of 48 m, it had six strap-ons using 36 conventional LOX-Kerosene Kuznetsov engines. The core of the missile used the nuclear engine.

In its early incarnation, the giant rocket was expected to deliver 75 tons of payload to the low Earth orbit. The N1 project was ultimately approved by the Kremlin for a single mission -- to beat America to the Moon.

Mar 12, 2009 · N1, Soviet launch vehicle. In the early 1960s, Soviet designers began work on the N1, which was originally designed to undertake journeys that would require true heavy-lift capability (that is, the ability to lift more than 80,000 kg [176,000 pounds] to low Earth orbit).

Nov 16, 2017 · On Nov. 25, 1967, less than three weeks after the first Saturn 5 flight during the Apollo 4 mission, the Soviets rolled out an N1 rocket to the newly constructed launch pad 110R at the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Soviet Kazakhstan.

Aug 26, 2024 · The N1 rocket, known in Russian as "Ракета-носитель", which translates to "Rocket-carrier", was the Soviet Union's massive heavy-lift launch vehicle developed in the 1960s with the ultimate goal of sending Soviet cosmonauts to the Moon.

Mar 2, 2023 · The N1 rocket was developed by the Soviet Union as Russia’s answer to the American Saturn rocket in an era where both sides of the Cold War were trying to stay one step ahead when it came to advancing rocket technology.

Apr 28, 2019 · Designed as a super-heavy lift rocket to compete with the American Saturn V and ultimately put a man on the Moon before the US, the N1 development and even its existence was a Soviet state secret for decades!

Jul 2, 2014 · July 3, 1969 was supposed to be the first night launch of the the Soviets new N1 rocket. The N1 design was to be their Moon rocket and heavy payload lifter. It was their largest rocket and the answer to the United States’ Saturn V rocket.