The closest parallel is probably the N1 rocket that the Soviets developed in the late 1960s to take cosmonauts to the Moon. It had 30 engines arranged in two rings. But the N1 failed on all four ...
The Luna-26 lunar orbiter is due to be launched atop a Soyuz-2 carrier rocket MOSCOW, October 20. /TASS/. The Russian Luna-27 lunar automatic station will be launched atop an Angara carrier rocket ...