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The Energia Lunar Expedition was a project that was initiated by Valentin Glushko in 1988 to create a lunar base using the Energia booster. The Moon base...

research. The Energia Lunar Expedition was a project that was initiated by Valentin Glushko in 1988 to create a lunar base using the Energia booster. The Moon...

Soyuz-L Soyuz-M Soyuz/Vostok N1 rocket as a part of N1-L3 lunar complex Blok D Energia Energia II "Yamal", "Kvant", "Kvant-1", "Avrora"; upper stages for...

Mankind has a Soviet moonbase called Zvezda. LEK Lunar Expeditionary Complex Energia Lunar Expedition Project Horizon Lunex Project Colonization of the...

automated delivery of lunar soil and Lunokhod automated Moon rovers. The launch pad and MIK of N1 were redesigned for the Energia-Buran shuttle program...

Kepler is a lunar impact crater that lies between the Oceanus Procellarum to the west and Mare Insularum in the east. To the southeast is the crater Encke...

1960s, planned to adopt the same lunar orbit rendezvous concept as seen in the Apollo programme. The lunar expedition spacecraft L3 was to consist of a...

regular 7K-LOK Soyuz 7K-LOK and a regular LK module-spacecraft of the L3 lunar expedition complex. It was intended for a Moon flyby and uncrewed landing in preparation...

part of its Apollo program. Apollo 8 was the first crewed mission to enter lunar orbit in December 1968, and it was followed by Apollo 10 in May 1969. Six...

unburned propellant needed to send the Apollo command and service module and Lunar Module to the Moon. The largest production model of the Saturn family of...

bureau was renamed NPO Energia with Glushko as chief designer. In contrast with the difficulty faced in its early crewed lunar programs, the USSR found...

aboard the orbital complex as a part of 21st ISS visiting expedition. After completing her expedition, Dyson will return to Earth on 24 September 2024 with...

Design Bureau (now Energia). The Soyuz succeeded the Voskhod spacecraft and was originally built as part of the Soviet crewed lunar programs. It is launched...

types of Mars system encounter strategies. Many mission concepts for expeditions to Mars were proposed in the late 20th century. David Portree's history...

orbit by 200–250 kg and was able to return 70–90 kg more back to earth. Energia accomplished this by increasing the capabilities of the launch vehicle...

purpose-built modules. According to the Russian crewed spaceflight contractor RKK Energia, the proposed station would have needed to perform the following tasks:...

Soviet/Russian Energia booster developed for the Buran Shuttle. Besides its lunar role, it could also support a crewed Orion expedition to a Near-Earth...

they strapped to the side of their expendable, liquid hydrogen-fueled Energia launcher. The Buran could be fitted with four Saturn AL-31 turbofan engines...

(planned) Spacecraft properties Spacecraft type Soyuz MS Manufacturer RSC Energia Crew Crew size 3 Members Aleksey Ovchinin Ivan Vagner Donald Pettit Start...

Soyuz 7K-L1) N1-L3 (Moon landing) TMK (Mars flyby) Spiral Almaz / TKS Energia / Buran Space probes Sputnik program Kosmos Bion GLONASS Molniya Meteor...