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LEGO soviet N1 moon rocket-03-01

The N-1 was a heavy lift rocket intended to deliver payloads beyond low Earth orbit, acting as the Soviet counterpart to the NASA Saturn V rocket. This heavy lift booster had the capability of lifting very heavy loads into orbit, designed with manned extra-orbital travel in mind. Its first stage is the most powerful rocket stage ever built.

 

The N1-L3 version was developed to compete with the United States Apollo Saturn V to land a man on the Moon.

N1-L3 was under-funded and under-tested, and started development in October 1965, almost four years after the Saturn V. The project was badly derailed by the death of its chief designer Sergei Korolev in 1966. After four failed launch attempts, the program was suspended in 1974, and in 1976 was officially cancelled.

 

I will compare with a photo of the real thing.

The photo above is a rocket that is in the jack-up point injection. The photo below is a photo that was seen from below the first stage.

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Uploaded on January 4, 2013
Taken on January 4, 2013