Martian Piloted Complex
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The Martian Piloted Complex or MPK was a Soviet Union Mars expedition proposed by Mikhail Tikhonravov. It featured a six Cosmonaut crew on a 900 day mission, with a launch in 1975.
The craft would have a mass of 1,630 metric tons and land a crew on Mars for a one year expedition. It would take 25 N1 rocket
launches to assemble the MPK.
The craft would have a mass of 1,630 metric tons and land a crew on Mars for a one year expedition. It would take 25 N1 rocket
N1 rocket
N-1 was a heavy lift rocket intended to deliver payloads beyond low Earth orbit, acting as the Soviet counterpart to the NASA Saturn V rocket. This heavy lift booster had the capability of lifting very heavy loads into orbit, designed with manned extra-orbital travel in mind...
launches to assemble the MPK.
See also
- Manned mission to Mars: Soviet mission proposals (1956 through 1970)