Soviet N1 moon rocket

Images of a N1 rocket launch. Probably is the N1/3L, launched in baikonour on february,1969. 68,7 seconds after the lift off, a fire appears in the first stage, so the 30 engine of this stages are turn off, loosing the rocket.
(sorry for my bad english :( )

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Imagenes de un lanzamiento del cohete lunar soviético N1. Probablemente del N1/3L, lanzado en Baikonur en febrero de 1969. 68,7 segundos despues del lanzamiento, un incedio hace aparición en la primera etapa, apagandose los 30 motores, y perdiendo de esta manera el cohete.

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Science & Technology

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• n1
• rocket
• launch
• baikonour
• moon
• soviet
• space
• luna
• cohete
• nasa
• apollo
• saturn
• energia

[IAmKingBonzo]

brain dead? No. Under funded, under resourced and rushed by their political masters? Yes

[bombarderoazul]

Forget the rocket, the machine designed to carry and lift the rocket into position into the launch pad was a marvel of engineering in its own right.

[Alexei55555]

@bestamerica wo are beter ? i dont think wo is beter Saturn 5 and N1 are different technology rocket ..

[maly33]

@maly33 They suffered from fuel pump failures and fuel line leaks mostly. The first N-1 failed because of fuel pump exploded after it sucked in a foregin object.

[maly33]

It's pity that Korolev died so soon. Without this, Russians can be the winners of race to Moon as well. Rocket developed under his supervision was much better than the American ones they had on those days. Compare R-7 with Gararin and Redstone with Shephard. Russian's bad luck was that they had many failures in first tests. I can remember Korolev blew up all first 5 test R-7. But later, until today, rockets derived from it are the most reliable rockets ever...

[bestamerica]

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i like american rocket name is saturn V is the best great largest rocket in the world,,,

saturn V is better than N1

[MightySaturn5]

@MadMark2006 Von Braun had nothing to do with the incredibly complex CM, lunar module,computers, navigation, life support etc. -when confronted by obvious truths most sore loosers resort to playing the Von Braun "Nazi" card, additionally you have no actual engineering information regarding the clamping strength of Apollo docking mechanisms -if you did you'd know on some Apollo missions they made multiple attempts with each attempt using double the force with absolutely no structural fatigue

[MadMark2006]

@MightySaturn5 Well that is a exaggeration on your behalf, you should post reliable reference sources to back up such a statement. Sure the apollo command service module, where more advanced with regards to guidance navigation control computer and comms. But the soviet LK had a more crude docking assembly, more efficient Coupling making it more robust, stronger retraction, and a more simple Separation process. Anyway Us rocketery was engineered by a ex nazi Wernher von Braun, during that era..

[MightySaturn5]

keep fucking dreaming -Apollo was so utterly complex that to this day anyone with even a semi deep understanding of engineering know that the level of technology involved with the CM and service module far surpasses any of the soviet era craft -try reading in depth books on both programs before throwing a statement out like that

[MrSrgj]

A bad beginning makes a bad ending.

[geobo11]

Космос, подожди...;-)

[blitsed]

N1 was such an impressive rocket...too bad it was SO unreliable!

Just imagine how it would have been exciting to have a moon rush with both Americans and Russians landing on the Moon...we would have a couple of bases there by now, probably!