The satellite imagery appeared to show the USSR was close to a flight test of the N1, but did not reveal that this particular rocket was just a mockup and that the USSR was many months behind the US in the race to land a human on the Moon (though, at the very least, the CIA, the NRO, and President Lyndon Johnson did know that the rocket was a ...

Nov 16, 2017 · The satellite imagery appeared to show the Soviets were close to a flight test of the N1, but could not reveal whether this particular rocket was just a mockup and that the Soviets were many months behind the U.S. in the race to land a human on the Moon.

Aug 16, 2004 · Declassification of formerly classified U.S. intelligence imagery, documents and the former Soviet Union/Russian space industry histories are helping fill in large gaps in the historical record...

A high resolution declassified KH-9 HEXAGON spy satellite image of Baikonur (Tyuratam) Cosmodrome, Kazakhstan form November 7, 2024, including an N1 rocket on the launch pad. Baikonur Cosmodrome - Sep 24, 1968

This 35cm/pixel SAR satellite image from [Umbra Space] (https://umbra.space/) shows a large crater left behind after parts of the [third flight of the Soviet N1 rocket] …

A GIF of images taken by a KH-9 satellite over the span of 9 days. You can see the different viewing angles of the satellite based on the rocket's movement in the animation.

Nov 30, 2022 · The N1 was a very large rocket, standing 105 meters (344 ft) tall with its L3 payload. The N1-L3 consisted of five stages in total: the first three (N1) for insertion into a low Earth parking orbit, and another two (L3) for translunar injection and lunar orbit insertion.

Aug 10, 2021 · I compiled in this video rare and unseen footages of the Soviet N1 moon rocket. It was meant to land Soviet Cosmonauts on the moon during the Space Race, a counterpart to the Saturn V.

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...

Images showing my progress with the N-1 models. All images copyright N. Stevens. Images of N-1 components, generally being assembled. Images that show the N-1 carrier train, the Grasshopper. These are shots of the N1 rocket launching or in flight. They are generally low resolution video grabs.