N1 moon rocket launch (I *think* it's 7L)

N1-7L was the fourth (the others were 3L, 5L and 6L) and last soviet attempt to test their 5-stage kerosene fueled moon rocket. This makes a rate of 100% failure.

All N1s crashed or exploded short after launch and always before first stage separation.

The N1-L3 launchpads and facilities in Baikonur cosmodrome were modified for Energia rocket. This rocket had only two launches (100% success) and was the carrier of the soviet space shuttle, the Buran, which only had one but successful unmanned flight.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/N1_rocket
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/NK-33

Category:

Howto & Style

Tags:

• N1
• rocket
• launch
• buran
• soviet
• moon
• coet
• llançament
• lluna
• ussr
• urss
• СССР

[DoctorJK3]

This is the N-1 that exploded 72 seconds into flight. the last one as I recall. Pity we could not see the rest of the flight here.

[Plutoplatter]

That's exactly the point: the Soviets refused to show failure footage, and that is why these amazing videos from them almost always cut off before the explosions occur. The one exception was the N-1 blast that happened upon its barely clearing the launch tower. There's limited footage of that failure availalble here on YouTube. Bottom line: the Soviets were secrative, and the vaunted N-1 was a big Zero.

[georgH]

Thanks for your comments. Do you know if there is more footage of the N1 on the internet?

[georgH]

>This is the N-1 that exploded 72 seconds into flight. the last one as I recall.

Thank you for confirmatng this.

>Pity we could not see the rest of the flight here.

Yeah, I agree 100%

[pvcforever]

Discover the Soviet space program was bold and daring.Ours was cautious and slower.Many cosmonauts lost their lives as well as 17 of our Astronauts.The cold war is over and together we have build the ISS.Russia and America have many things to be proud of..One of the most important things are we are not trying to blow the earth up and to take every other nation with us.Our next goal should be to bring the world together

[TheGamersUnion]

Really? First satellite, First man and woman in space,Most powerful assualt rifle, first gunship/transport helicopter, largest helicopter, largest plane, First space walk,first Iconoscope, half-track, Soyuz rocket, Proton rocket, Vodka?

List goes on. Every heard of espionage? You'll get that from both sides, Soviet or American, especially when there's arms, space and cold wars going on. Both sides produces, one side won.

[harris3693]

The perfect song to listen to while getting launched in this beast would be tormentor by W.A.S.P.!!!!!!!! FIRE!!!!!!!

[harris3693]

@Plutoplatter and the US ain't , get real, the us did the same bs.

[Nater245689]

@TheGamersUnion Most powerful assault rifle? No. The FN FAL, G3, and M14 all pack a lot more punch than the AK-47. I also don't see the utility of a gunship/transport. You just make a helicopter that is inferior at both roles. The Soviets always built things bigger, probably just out of spite. Sometimes this bigness was more a detriment than advantage. The iconoscope was developed by RCA.

[Roflzmahwoflz]

@pvcforever I agree that the soviets were more bold, but since the first american in space, it took us less than 10 years to get to the moon. That is not slow and deserves an amazing amount of respect considering that was almost 50 years ago.

[bombarderoazul]

@TheJomogogo I know that man, N1 was a colossal failure, Energya booster was more powerful than N1 and slightly less powerful than Saturn V. Personally I think Energya was more impressive than N1.

[TheJomogogo]

@bombarderoazul

It wasn't THE most powerful anything.

It didn't work.

The Saturn V was THE most powerful.

Period.

Saying a rocket would have been awesome IF it had ever worked falls somewhere between Jack and Shit.

[bombarderoazul]

@TheJomogogo All I said is that the N1 is one of the most powerful ever, not the most powerful, read my comment.

[TheJomogogo]

@bombarderoazul

N1 had a smaller payload than the Saturn V so calling it the most powerful is debatable.

[TheJomogogo]

@bombarderoazul

The N1 couldn't put any tons into orbit, it blew up every time they tested it.

[bombarderoazul]

of the three most powerful rockets ever created two are russian. The N1 which could put 75 tons into orbit and Energya which could place 100 tons. Saturn V however had the ability to put 109 tons into space.