The Soviet Union's answer to the Saturn V, a super heavy-lift rocket intended to carry cosmonauts to the Moon. All four test flights, between 1969 and 1972, ended in failure before reaching orbit, and the program was cancelled in 1974 after the U.S. had already won the crewed lunar race.
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Vehicle ClassSuper heavy-lift expendable launch vehicle (never operational) 2 ManufacturerOKB-1 (Korolev Design Bureau) 2 First Flight DateDate of its first launch attempt, which failed shortly after liftoff; all four flights failed. StatusCancelled in 1974 after four consecutive launch failures; no N1 ever reached orbit. 2 Status
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Source Wikipedia: N1 (rocket)
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Source Wikipedia: Soviet space program
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the program was suspended in 1974 and canceled in 1976
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The N1 (from Ракета-носитель Raketa-nositel', "Carrier Rocket"; Cyrillic: Н1, GRAU index: 11A52, Sheldon: G-1-e, DoD: SL-15) was a super heavy-lift launch vehicle of the Soviet space program intended for crewed travel to the Moon and beyond.
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was a super heavy-lift launch vehicle of the Soviet space program
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The Soviets were beaten in sending the first crewed flight around the Moon in 1968 by Apollo 8, but Mishin pressed ahead with development of the flawed super heavy N1.
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