Space Rocket History #199 – The Second Test Flight of the Soviet N1 Moon Rocket

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On July 3, 1969, the same month as the the Apollo 11 Moon landing, The Soviet Union made another secret attempt to fly their giant Moon rocket.

N1-5L Rollout to pad. Credit Russia Space Web

Raising N1-5L

Escape system activated for N1-5L. Credit Russian Space Web.

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  2. I really fell sad for thee guys, as they really should have just should have had a least a little success with the N1 program and Buran. If their engine program had time for a large engine who knows what they may have achieved. Clustered engines are just awkward and we were damn fortunate to have got the F1 running as well as it did.