N1

N1 is the Soviet super heavy rocket built for a crewed Moon landing, with thirty engines on its first stage. All four launches, from 1969 to 1972, fail; the second falls back onto its launch pad in one of the largest non-nuclear explosions in history. The program is suspended in 1974.

Launches

4

Success rate

0%

4 failures

First flight

21 February 1969

Zond-M 1

Last flight

23 November 1972

Soyuz 7K-LOK No.2

Builder

RKK Energia

Height

105 m

Diameter

17 m

Stages

3

Propellants

Kerosene / LOX

Payload to LEO

95,000 kg