N1 Rocket Failure/Explosion (First launch, 1969, Unmanned)

[vasiliy1956]

it's no N-1 exploded

may be R-7

[bormisha]

Saturn V also had failed its initial launches. It's normal when you develop groundbreaking technology like that. N1 had 4 failed launches, and most of the design problems were solved in it when the program was closed. The fifth launch could have been successful, and it didn't happen for political reasons only: there were at least 2 more vehicles N1 produced.

By the way, I highly appreciate sympathy from american people in this discussion. I admire your space technology too.

[yugozastava13]

Hah, "unmanned".

[MrMrmonsterguy]

The N1 is a beautiful rocket nonetheless...

[MattTheSaiyan]

@MrMrmonsterguy Yes, easily one of the best-looking rockets of all time.

[echozgus]

The Russians lost the moon race.

[doyoubelivethehype]

good job woods and mason

[atariman72]

I think it blowded up. XD

[chapman1235]

I THINK SOMEONE PUT TOO MUCH VODKA IN IT???

[ghostalin]

Kerbal Space Program

[TG1212able]

@VlaXXie - By never 'prooved', you mean besides hundreds of pounds of lunar rocks, hours and hours of film, thousands of pictures, 12 men, confirmation and congratulations by the Soviets, testing equipment that sent data for years, reflectors that are still used to precisely measure the distance to the moon, and high resolution pictures from lunar satellites that show everything. Besides all that, it was never 'prooved'. Besides taking you there personally, what more can be done to 'proove' it?

[sablatnic]

@TG1212able

Relax!

You can't convince him. All the evidence has been supplied by NASA or has been planted by NASA. ^_^

[ghostalin]

I wish I could have seen the faces of the people on the ground after the explosion

[greenseaships]

"And now my assistant Ivan will demonstrate why you never put a crew on the first launches".

[don312000]

0:17 was that little puff at the top of the rocket an escape system firing? Looks like it might've been an all-up test and I recall having heard an escape system did fire on one of the test accidents.

[earth2006]

your right but when someone has a gun to head while you do it will cause a problem with the way you think and the way you do it.

[dhbiza]

HAHAHA The Saturn V kicked their ass!!!!!!!!!!!

[JRhalo14]

i dont think the russians really wanted to win the space race and kind of just gave up with the failures of the N1 think of how far in space technology we would be if the russians also made it to the moon.

[jetfreak4]

It's too bad the Soviets didn't get that rocket successfully developed. It might have kept the Saturn V program alive for much longer and budget cuts might not have justified the U.S. ceasing their moon programs.

[Xb0xm8te]

Poor crew, they didn't know what that was coming for them, and there wasnt any hi tech things to help you.

[MattTheSaiyan]

@Xb0xm8te It seems you missed and did not see the word "unmanned" in the title of this video.

[stiglistanbul]

@MattTheSaiyan yeah, seems people don't read titles anymore...

[puncheex]

@Xb0xm8te: All the N-1 launches were unmanned.

[TheCHUCKY1992]

@Xb0xm8te  no no it was a test flight there was no people in it

[maly33]

@Xb0xm8te It had no crew, it was test flight...

[cristianomaddog]

@Xb0xm8te And even being an unmanned test, the escape system rescued the crew module safely. So, the crew would have survived.

[GaminCro]

@Xb0xm8te There was no crew buddy.....It was an unmanned mission, the title says it too...

[atariman72]

@Xb0xm8te oh poor you, you didn't read the whole title. XD

[SMGJohn]

With failure comes success

[Laodocus]

Again, underfunded and rushed in every way imaginable. A brilliant piece of technology nonetheless, watching that rocket explode in the sky must have been heartbreaking for everyone involved.

[Tyrannobeast]

@Laodocus I agree. While I'm something of a Saturn V fanboy myself, it's a real shame the N1 never came to fruition. And it really does hurt when a vehicle you put together with your own hands to do something spectacular and noble never comes home, because at that point it's not just manual labor and technical know-how, you really put your heart into it.

[atariman72]

@Tyrannobeast Pretty fireworks though. :P

[11AMERICANO11]

The first was launched in 1961 with a failure.. 8yrs to remake the same thing? take some time to think it through ffs.

[peyre1347]

@11AMERICANO11 Uh, no. The N1 was tested four times, from 1969 to 1972. You might be confusing it with the R-7, which was used to launch Gagarin in 1961.

[Alembic25]

Underfunded, underdeveloped and rushed. The concept was basically a good one but too many faults remained to be resolved leading to four out of four launches ending in failure.

[artwleb]

This launch was Feb. 21, 1969. There was no hope for the N-1 to succeed and "beat"

Apollo. Amazing effort on the USSR's part however.