The Energia Lunar Expedition was a project that was proposed by Soviet engineer Valentin Glushko in 1988 which would’ve aimed to create a lunar base using...

create a lunar base using the Energia rocket. The lunar base was to then be eventually used for mining helium-3 from the lunar surface. In 1954, science fiction...

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...

performed a lunar flyby in a SpaceX Starship. It was cancelled on June 1, 2024 VIPER – NASA rover that would have performed a survey expedition on a polar...

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...

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...

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...

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

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

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...

complex as a part of 21st ISS visiting expedition before returning aboard Soyuz MS-24. At the end of Expedition 71, Caldwell-Dyson returned to Earth on...

properties Spacecraft Soyuz MS-27 No. 758 Spacecraft type Soyuz MS Manufacturer Energia Crew Crew size 3 Members Sergey Ryzhikov Alexey Zubritsky Jonny Kim Start...

(planned) Spacecraft properties Spacecraft type Soyuz MS Manufacturer Energia Crew Crew size 3 Members Pyotr Dubrov Sergey Korsakov Anna Kikina Start...

deorbit Mir. Energia Soyuz (multiple variants) (1986–2000) Space Shuttle (1995–1998) Apollo command and service module (1973–1974) Energia Soyuz (multiple...

was not made by the agency, but by the private shareholder board of the Energia design bureau. Another example is that the decision to develop the new...

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...

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

4. The first to use SLS Block 1B. Russia expects to launch the Luna 27 lunar lander in 2028. Chang'e 8, the last mission before China’s moon base begins...

(ISS) under contract to NASA, conducting crew rotations between the expeditions of the International Space Station program. American space manufacturer...

N1 rocket two times due to Soyuz 7K-LOK orbital ship-module of L3 lunar expedition complex was not ready; the Soyuz 7K-L1E "Zond-LOK" as dummy mockup...

Martian Mission. Energia. Archived from the original on 4 March 2016. Retrieved 2009-09-18. "The 1960 Project". Martian Mission. Energia. Archived from...

properties Spacecraft Soyuz MS-28 No. 759 Spacecraft type Soyuz MS Manufacturer Energia Crew Crew size 3 Members Sergey Kud-Sverchkov Sergey Mikayev Oleg Platonov...

complex was originally constructed for the Soviet lunar landing program and later converted for the Energia-Buran program. Site 112 – Used for orbiter maintenance...

misprint, now they call it ROS instead of ROSS), deputy director of RSC Energia Vladimir Kozhevnikov" (Tweet) – via Twitter. "Определен срок полета российского...

to the Pacific Ocean in 1513, becoming the first European to lead an expedition to have seen or reached the Pacific from the New World. He traveled to...