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