Nositel N-1 Lunar Launch
Vehicle
Rollout
The N-1\L-3 stack is rolled out to the pad.
Unlike the American Apollo Saturn V (and, later, the Space Shuttle), the
Soviets have always rolled their launch vehicles out in the horizontal
rather than the vertical position.
The transporter/erector for the vehicle is a truly
massive machine, a triumph of engineering in it's own right.
Note the details of the Launch Escape System, seen
in the lower right corner of the photo.
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