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The N-1 Moon Rocket
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Introduction
In the summer of 2007 I decided I would try and make a model in
software of the Soviet N-1 moon rocket. When I started I was not at all
sure I would be able to find enough references to do a good job
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the program was top secret until the late nineties, and good
photographs are rare.
However as I progressed I found more and more photographs, many of
which were not at all well known in the west. I also had to work out
what I was looking at, which version of rocket, which way round it was
and a host of other things. Even something as apparently simple as the
colour was not easy!
I therefore decided it would be a good idea to collect up the
information I found, and the reference images, to help anyone else
wanting to learn more about this mighty machine.
In many cases the copyright situation with images is unclear, and I
have been unable to trace owners. If you own copyright on any image, I
will be very happy to remove it on request – see the mail
link at
the bottom of every page. My general approach has been to provide a
list of links to image sources on the bottom of each page.
In my quest for good images, I frequently came across broken links,
which is why I would very much like to make the images more widely
available. It would be a real shame to lose these. I have used images
from other web sites, these are credited with a link to the source page
at the bottom of each web page of mine.
Corrections:
I am sure there are mistakes in these pages, despite my best efforts.
If you spot anything I have got wrong, please let me know.
I’d
also love to hear of new images of the mighty N-1!
All rendered graphics © Nick Stevens. You may use the in-line
illustrations on your own web pages, provided that you give me a
credit, and provide a link back to my N-1 home page. Very high
resolution versions of all rendered images, and animations, are
available for a fee. Contact Nick Stevens at the e-mail address below
for details.
Thanks
& Credits
These web pages would not have been possible without the help of many
people who provided information, and pointed me the right way. Many run
web sites which are listed in the LINKS
section.
My particular thanks go to the people hanging out in the IAAA
mailing list, the space
modelers list, the forums at
Novosti Kosmonavtiki, and specifically:
- Pjotr Druzinin for tirelessy coping with my computer
translated
Russian, and dumb questions!
- Alexander Schliadinsky for permission to use his excellent
diagrams,
also tireless advice via computer translation.
If you found this page interesting, you may also like to
see some of my other pages on this web site - please explore the links
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