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Short Description
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Soviet Lunar Landers
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Landing stages for Soviet lunar expeditions. Top row, left to right: L3 original version; LK; LK-3; LK-700; two versions of the L3M; LEK for Energia-launched lunar landing. Bottom row, lunar base elements: Chelomei KLE; Chelomei Heavy Lunokhod; Barmin DLB base module; LZM, LZhM, Lunokhod, and LEK for Glushko LEK Vulkan-launched lunar base.
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zlklek2.jpg
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Soviet Lunar Landers
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Zond 5 Reaches Moon
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Zond 5 rounds the Moon and heads for Earth after the first Lunar Circumnavigation
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sovmoon.jpg
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Zond 5 Reaches Moon
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L1-1963
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Cutaway view of 1963 L1 circumlunar spacecraft.
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l11963cu.jpg
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L1-1963
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LOK Lunar Orbiter
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The Soyuz 7K-LOK lunar orbiter spacecraft to be used in the L3 lunar landing project complex.
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lokkalug.jpg
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LOK Lunar Orbiter
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LK Lunar Lander
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LK lunar lander.
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lkcolor.jpg
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LK Lunar Lander
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L2-1963
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1963 L2 robot lunar rover spacecraft. L2 configuration speculative based on early Ye-8 rover design studies at OKB-1.
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l21963.jpg
350 x 97
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L2-1963
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Early LK Test Model
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Dynamic Test Model of Early LK Concept.
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lkmodel.jpg
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Credit:
© Mark Wade
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Early LK Test Model
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DLB Stow/Unstowed
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View of DLB Soviet lunar base modules as they would appear in short transport configuration and in inflated, telescoped deployed configuration.
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dlbteles.jpg
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DLB Stow/Unstowed
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Zvezda / DLB base
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Zvezda / DLB long-tern lunar base
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dlb3.jpg
320 x 218
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Credit:
Spetsmash
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Zvezda / DLB base
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Zvezda / DLB module
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Basic module for Zvezda / DLB long-tern lunar base
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dlb4.jpg
279 x 140
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Zvezda / DLB module
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Mars Train
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Elements of Mars Train and Zvezda Lunar Base Support Craft. From left: two LK landers; Marsokhod with manipulator arms; Mars Train with reactor, ascent stage, and forward living module; another Marsokhod with manipulator arms.
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dlb2.jpg
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Credit:
© Mark Wade
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Mars Train
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L3 -1963
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1963 L3 manned lunar lander using earth-orbit rendezvous method. Configuration based on description and lander configuration of early L3M design.
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l31963.jpg
231 x 337
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L3 -1963
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DLB Module Deployed
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View of the DLB Soviet lunar base modules as they would appear deployed on the lunar surface.
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dlbdepyd.jpg
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DLB Module Deployed
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L4 -1963
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1963 L4 manned lunar orbiter.
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l41963.jpg
350 x 122
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L4 -1963
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Mars Train
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Elements of Mars Train and Zvezda Lunar Base Support Craft. From left: two LK landers; Marsokhod with manipulator arms; Mars Train with reactor, ascent stage, and forward living module; another Marsokhod with manipulator arms.
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dlb1.jpg
350 x 156
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Credit:
© Mark Wade
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High resolution/wallpaper version available
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Mars Train
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L3M - Cutaway View
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Cutaway views of early and later L3M manned lunar lander designs.
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l3mcutwy.jpg
350 x 187
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L3M - Cutaway View
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L3M
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External views of early and later L3M manned lunar lander designs.
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l3mext.jpg
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L3M
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L5 -1963
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1963 L5 manned lunar rover. Drawing based on model at Tsniimash museum.
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l51963.jpg
350 x 167
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L5 -1963
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Vulkan LV
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Vulkan Launch Vehicle
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vulka160.gif
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Credit:
© Mark Wade
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Vulkan LV
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LEK Lunar Lander
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Lunar lander of the Lunar Expeditionary Complex (LEK).
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lekclr.jpg
286 x 232
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LEK Lunar Lander
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LEK Model
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Model of LEK in Energia museum - unusual re-entry capsule or subsidiary module at its top.
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rkk1.jpg
196 x 281
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Credit:
Andy Salmon
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LEK Model
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LEK Lunar Lander
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LEK LK moon lander Vulkan-launched
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leklkv16.gif
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Credit:
© Mark Wade
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LEK Lunar Lander
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LZhM lunar habitat
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LZhM Laboratory-Residence Module
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lzhm160.gif
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Credit:
© Mark Wade
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LZhM lunar habitat
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Lunokhod LEK
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lkhod160.gif
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Credit:
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Lunokhod LEK
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LZM lunar factory
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lzm160.gif
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Credit:
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LZM lunar factory
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N1 6L lift-off
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qlo2.jpg
310 x 240
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Credit:
RKK Energia
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N1 6L lift-off
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N1-L3 Tower
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Detail of tower of N1-L3 7L
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qn1twdet.jpg
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Credit:
RKK Energia
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N1-L3 Tower
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Cutaway of N1
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qn1cutv.jpg
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Credit:
RKK Energia
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Cutaway of N1
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N1 5L Explosion
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Final explosion of N1 5L, destroying pad.
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qn16907a.jpg
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Credit:
RKK Energia
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N1 5L Explosion
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2 N1s Mounted on Pad
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q2n1sair.jpg
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Credit:
RKK Energia
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2 N1s Mounted on Pad
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N1 5L Falls Back
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Having just cleared the tower, N1 5L falls back onto the pad at a 45 degree angle.
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qn16907b.jpg
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Credit:
RKK Energia
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N1 5L Falls Back
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N1 5L clears tower
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N1 5L Clears the tower but falters as the KORD system incorrectly shuts down engines.
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qn16907c.jpg
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Credit:
RKK Energia
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N1 5L clears tower
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N1 5L lift-off
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Engine ignition of N1 5L.
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qn16907d.jpg
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Credit:
RKK Energia
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N1 5L lift-off
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N1 7L lift-off
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N1 7L rises over the apartment blocks of the workers that built it
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qn1aptl.jpg
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Credit:
RKK Energia
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N1 7L lift-off
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N1 subassemblies
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N1 tank sections were built in Samara, then shipped to Baikonur for assembly of the launch vehicle.
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qn1assy1.jpg
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Credit:
RKK Energia
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N1 subassemblies
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N1 stages
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N1 stages in the assembly hall
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qn1assy2.jpg
332 x 240
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Credit:
RKK Energia
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N1 stages
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N1 tank assembly
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Subassemblies from Samara were built up into stage bulkheads on assembly jigs at Baikonur.
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qn1assy3.jpg
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Credit:
RKK Energia
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N1 tank assembly
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N1 boattail assembly
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Base of N1 first stage in assembly jig
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qn1botas.jpg
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Credit:
RKK Energia
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N1 boattail assembly
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Energia-launched LOK
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LOK Lunar Orbiter (Energia-launched)
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lok716.gif
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Credit:
© Mark Wade
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Energia-launched LOK
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N1 engineers
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N1 engineers study drawing
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qn1engd.jpg
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Credit:
RKK Energia
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N1 engineers
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N1 Engine fired
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N1 Engine fired on test stand
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qn1engts.jpg
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Credit:
RKK Energia
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N1 Engine fired
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N1 Upper Stage
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N1 Upper Stage firing on test stand
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qn1ents2.jpg
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Credit:
RKK Energia
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N1 Upper Stage
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N1 6L Lift-off
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qn1lo1.jpg
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RKK Energia
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N1 6L Lift-off
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N1 6L ignition
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qn1lo2.jpg
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Credit:
RKK Energia
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N1 6L ignition
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N1 6L Engine Start
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qn1lo3.jpg
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RKK Energia
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N1 6L Engine Start
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N1 7L Lift-off
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qn1lo4.jpg
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RKK Energia
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N1 7L Lift-off
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N1 MIK Assembly Hall
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CIA's National Intelligence Estimate of March 1967
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qn1miknw.jpg
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RKK Energia
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N1 MIK Assembly Hall
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N1 Model Test
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qn1modt2.jpg
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RKK Energia
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N1 Model Test
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N1 Wind Tunnel Test
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qn1modt3.jpg
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RKK Energia
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N1 Wind Tunnel Test
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LEK LK moon lander
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LEK LK moon lander Energia-launched
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leklke16.gif
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Credit:
© Mark Wade
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LEK LK moon lander
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N1 Subscale Model
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qn1modts.jpg
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Credit:
RKK Energia
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N1 Subscale Model
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Model of N1 pad
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Credit:
RKK Energia
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Model of N1 pad
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N1 Rollout
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N1 Rollout - base of booster
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qn1roll1.jpg
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RKK Energia
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N1 Rollout
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N1 Rollout
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N1 Rollout - view from inside MIK
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qn1roll2.jpg
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Credit:
RKK Energia
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N1 Rollout
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