Project N1 Lunar

[N_Molson]

Is that a SVD Dragunov crosshair ?

 

[Buck Rogers]

Is that a SVD Dragunov crosshair ?

Yes! Till I find something better! Probably don't need the drop in space but at least it should feel familiar to cosmonauts.

 

[Buck Rogers]

LK cockpit preview (WIP).

 

[Buck Rogers]

Small update: made some progress on the LOK PO (still WIP).
BIG update @diogom is working on the cockpits!

 

[Buck Rogers]

Trying to put the LOK together so it's functional. First EVA would look like this:

And docked for the second EVA:

Still needs some changes so things line up properly. More detail:

 

[barrygolden]

Hey super job can't wait to fly it

 

[N_Molson]

Yeah, no transfer tunnel was really hardcore.

 

[diogom]

Soviet Button & Light Simulator, now in Blue:

 

[N_Molson]

Maybe some hand-written or machine-typed notes in russian (like tables with reference orbital values) could look cool

 

[Buck Rogers]

DOK nearly finished

 

[GLS]

DOK - Deimos Orbitalny Korabl?

 

[Buck Rogers]

Bo external, also started on the interior.

 

[Buck Rogers]

Have re-done the BO external model, after endless reviewing of reference material, and help from Diogom, I've been able to decipher more details, added a lunar surface observation camera. Also made a preliminary cockpit with stand-in textures.

 

[Buck Rogers]

Mid-project Milestone.
The LOK is nearing completion, external model nearly done.

Very WIP SA and BO cockpit.

DOK and BO seperation.

PO and SA insulation sep. (SA still needs textures).

 

[MarkWatney2015]

Huh....I didn't know the docking adapter for LOK is jettisonable. Nice!

 

[dennis.krenz]

Huh....I didn't know the docking adapter for LOK is jettisonable. Nice!

That is the only way how the LOK could later "undock" from the LK after the latter returned from the moon. But I am not sure if really that much equipment was separated from the BO and not just the top part, that permanently attached to the honeycomb grid on top of the LK.

 

[Buck Rogers]

But I am not sure if really that much equipment was separated from the BO and not just the top part

From what I've read/AFAIK not only the DOK but if neccessary the BO would also be jettisoned too before the TEI!
Losing the DOK certainly messes with the RCS but seems doable, currently running through the mission profile, will see how the TEI looks. Direct re-entry with a skip will be interesting!

 

[dennis.krenz]

From what I've read/AFAIK not only the DOK but if neccessary the BO would also be jettisoned too before the TEI!
Losing the DOK certainly messes with the RCS but seems doable, currently running through the mission profile, will see how the TEI looks. Direct re-entry with a skip will be interesting!

I am not sure if three days are so much joy in a capsule, that is even more cramped than Gemini from the inside.... But yes, the original plan was really to discard everything that is no longer needed. Even the docking guidance electronics.

 

[gamer19]

@dennis.krenz love your hoodie man
looks like official Soyuz merchandise eh ?
perfect match

 

[Buck Rogers]

I am not sure if three days are so much joy in a capsule, that is even more cramped than Gemini from the inside....

I get claustrophobie just working on the 3D model! I was sure the scale was wrong!