

Korolev's OKB-1 began work on nuclear launchers and missiles on 30 June 1958. The first approach to the rather vague last objective was the use of nuclear power.


Not only did a Soviet cosmonaut never land on the moon, but the Soviet Union even denied that the huge project ever existed.ĪKA: G-1 N-1 SL-15. The end result was four launch failures and cancellation of the project five years after Apollo landed on the moon. In comparison to Saturn, the project was started late, starved of funds and priority, and dogged by political and technical struggles between the chief designers Korolev, Glushko, and Chelomei.
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The largest of a family of launch vehicles that were to replace the ICBM-derived launchers then in use, the N series was to launch Soviet cosmonauts to the moon, Mars, and huge space stations into orbit. The N1 launch vehicle, developed by Russia in the 1960's, was to be the Soviet Union's counterpart to the Saturn V. YaRD nuclear ICBM YaKhR nuclear LV SuperRaket R-9 ICBM N-III N-IIGR N-I of 1962 N1-元 of 1964 N1F N1M N1F+Block S, R upper stages N1F+Block Sr upper stage Airbreathing N1 for MKBS
