 | Early Soviet lander
Credit - RKK Energia
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Class: Manned. Type: Lunar Lander. Destination: Moon. Nation: Russia. Manufacturer: Korolev. Painting of early Soviet concept of a lunar lander. This was similar to Von Braun designs popular in the 1950's. Similar designs were used in the 1957 film, Road to the Stars, for which Tikhonravov was the technical adviser.
 | Soviet Moon Lander
Wreck of first attempted landing of a Soviet spacecraft on the moon, from the film 'Countdown'... |
 | Soviet Moon Lander
Dead crew member in a hatch of the wreck of the first attempted landing of a Soviet spacecraft on the moon, from the film 'Countdown'... |
 | Soviet Moon Lander
Wreck of first attempted landing of a Soviet spacecraft on the moon, from the film 'Countdown'... |
 | Soviet Moon Lander
The first man on the moon - a Soviet, dead on the surface a little way from the wreck of his lunar lander, from the film 'Countdown'... |
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