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LZM


LZM
LZM
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Russian manned lunar habitat. Study 1973. Laboratory-Factory Module for the Vulkan surface base.

AKA: Laboroatorno-zavodskoy modul';Vulkan-launched version. Status: Study 1973. Payload: 6,070 kg (13,380 lb). Gross mass: 15,500 kg (34,100 lb). Height: 4.50 m (14.70 ft).

Single story, four-lobed facility dedicated to lunar surface biological and physics research and production of oxygen from lunar soil for long-duration stay on the lunar surface.

Clockwise, from the entry ladder: airlock; biological laboratory; oxygen production factory with scoop for digging lunar soil; physics-chemistry laboratory. An attic above the center contained hydroponic facilities for growing fresh food. Equipment weights: Biological lab, 950 kg; Physics-chemistry lab, 1,920 kg; oxygen factory, 3,200 kg. The LZM would be normally tended by one operator, who would live in the LZhM.

Crew Size: 1. Habitable Volume: 100.00 m3. Electric System: 8.00 average kW.



Family: Lunar Habitats, Moon. Country: Russia. Spacecraft: LEK Lunar Expeditionary Complex. Launch Vehicles: Energia, Vulkan. Agency: Korolev bureau. Bibliography: 367, 89.


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Soviet Lunar Landers Soviet Lunar LandersLanding stages for Soviet lunar expeditions. Top row, left to right: L3 original version; LK; LK-3; LK-700; two versions of the L3M; LEK for Energia-launched lunar landing. Bottom row, lunar base elements: Chelomei KLE; Chelomei Heavy Lunokhod; Barmin DLB base module; LZM, LZhM, Lunokhod, and LEK for Glushko LEK Vulkan-launched lunar base.Credit: © Mark Wade



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