While the Saturn V made headlines shuttling American astronauts
to the moon, the Soviet N1 rocket was made famous for a slightly
different reason—when it blew up on takeoff it resulted in the
largest, non-nuclear, man-made explosion of all time. This
week's Oobject showcases the N1 and 11 other pieces of Soviet
Moon tech used in the USSR's failed moon shot. One of the 5
remaining LK landers N-1 base showing the 30 NK-15 engines Note
the people in the background for the massive scale. N1
preparation and launch video Soviet N1 moon rocket exploding
Soviet LK Lunar Lander 2 N1 rockets on the launch pad This
formed the orbital portion of the Russian Moon program, In
conjunction with the N1 Rocket and LK lander Krechet Soviet moon
suit N1 compared to Saturn V moon rocket The N1 is slightly
smaller and was designed to carry a maximum payload of 90 tons
vs 120 tons, but it had higher thrust. N1 NK-33 engine, still
used today The only bit of the N1 program to survive was the
NK-33 engine, which have been tested for u