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NASA Center: Headquarters
Image # : ur-500
Date : UNKNOWN

Title

UR-500 Space Launch Vehicle

Full Description

This shows the evolution of the UR-500 space launch vehicle. For many years, Westerners believed that the clustered modules of the first stage were strap-on boosters. These were in fact only propellant tanks and not self-contained stages.

Keywords

UR-500 Boosters

Subject Category

Soviet Launch Vehicles

Reference Numbers

  • Center: HQ
  • Center Number: ur-500
  • GRIN DataBase Number: GPN-2002-000186

Source Information

  • Original Source: DIGITAL
  • Source/Capture Information: Peter Gorin

Image Information ( Copyright Notification )

ResolutionFormatWidth
(Pixels)		Height
(Pixels)		Size
(KBytes)
Thumbnail JPEG 66 90 7
Small JPEG 470 640 109
Medium JPEG 1101 1500 383
Large JPEG 2201 3000 1,136

Publication Information

Image from the files of Peter Gorin. Image and caption from Challenge to Apollo: The Soviet Union and the Space Race, 1945- 1974 (NASA SP-2000-4408) by Asif A. Siddiqi. Please note that the image number assigned to this image is not an official NASA number. It is for GRIN database purposes only.
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