Maybe call it "Zarya" (Заря) (which means dawn) as the first lunar landing is only the beginning of the journey to uncover the distant mysteries of the cosmos. Oh, and Zarya was the actual name for my favourite soyuz-replacement project that would have utilized retro-propulsive landing to land back on earth. Anyway, it's not like you'll be naming the space station for the Zarya module, right?
@@kamilr4145 Agreed, and it'd make a good nod to a geographical location, kinda like how Vostok was a direction, "east" and Soyuz being a nod to the USSR itself, meaning "union"
"Kommuna" or "Коммуна" is a cool name, there was an aircraft carrier named that and it basically means commune in russian. Starts with a K, has a "mun" in it and powerful propoganda, slogans can be made like SOVIET KOMMUNA LANDED ON THE MOON, which basically means not only cosmonauts landed but a wast group of communist people.
29:54 Did you accidentally land Luna 19’s sample return capsule in… I guess Kerman Zedong’s China? Or does the Sino-Soviet split not happen in the FAK timeline?
Real question time! Are you going to use the N-1 for its intended military purpose? Maybe scare the Amerikan'tskys by testing another Tsar Bomba type warhead?
Here's a few ideas for the name of the Soyuz-moon rated rocket : -Звездный свет (Starlight) -лунный свет (Moonlight) -самогон/samogon (moonshine) -Рыцарь/Rytsar' (Knight) -лунный рыцарь (Moon knight) -Hope you keep up the good work Beardy! I love watching your videos PS: If you choose me and wanna give credits, name is Lemmy-
Hey Beardy, I had a suggestion for the lander name: Великий Вояджер (Velikiy Voyadzher), meaning “Great Voyager”, just an idea I had. Loving the series, Keep up the great work man!
Beardy I forgot to ask on the stream (and chat was quite chaotic so it would be dumb) if you will upgrade the N1 so it can support bigger missions on the moon or will you do just one mission and forget about it.
The rocket should be called “Вперед" meaning forward, Signifying that this is just the beginning and we should carry on. HOW TO PRONOUNCE vp-er-od add a slight weakness to the O making it like a Ё which is sort of like a yio. The Google translate voice does a good job.
*me, a native english speaker with no understanding of how things are pronounced outside of the english language* "hell yeah. i definitely nailed this pronunciation." [listens to google translate] "welp."
Maybe тоска (toska)? It stands for the feeling of yearning/missing someone. I thought of this because the kerbals are gonna be pretty lonely during the actual lunar part of the mission. And the orbital module could be named воссоединение (vossoyedineniye) meaning reunion, to complement the lander’s name
You could name the lunar Soyuz Прыжок (Pryzhok), which apparently means leap or jump (both through space and in technology). It apparantly can also translate to bounce, so if the lunar missions don't quite go to plan the name might still be applicable.
I have a suggestion. "Новый Край" in Russian means a new land, but also a new edge. "Край" in Russian can also mean the horizon. I speak as a Russian speaker.
Damn just watch the 2 first season of for all mankind what a banger it hype me so much for this kerbal version as i satiate my tech and soviet program hunger. Continue the good work and hyped for Carnasa pov.
@Idontknowmynamelol 17 The plane's name was Мрія, which iirc is the same word but in Ukrainian. So actually using other languages, mixing it up and aknowledging USSR was not just Russia would be cool.
Far side landing target; Tsiolkovsky Crater. There are so many good names for the moon landing, I can't make up my mind. Please do the "Diamond?" cannon armed station. Such a strange notion that this craft was taking pictures of me when I was a kid.
Not sure if you're aware, but that is the name Roscosmos has been using for their in-development lunar rated spacecraft. Hopefully one day it'll actually get to fly :)
Zayats, Russain for Hare, should be the name of the lunar orbiter module of the Lunar Soyuz. Named after the character Zayats in the classic russian cartoon "Nu Pogodi" (Well, just you wait) which first aired in the Soviet Union in 1969, it would be accompanied by the lander "Volk" (wolf) who would chase up after Zayats after getting dropped from space down to the moon. I feel it's both a unique name, calls back to a nice little piece of soviet cultural history, and pairs up well with the roles of the two craft, with Volk chasing up after Zayats from the moon, and Zayats escaping back to earth after a close encounter with Volk.
Zorya would be a good name for Lunar Soyuz, she is a figure in Slavic folklore, a personification of dawn. She is often depicted as the sister of the Sun, the Moon, and Zvezda, the Morning Star with which she is sometimes identified. not just that but she represents the supreme power that a practitioner appeals to.
For the lunar complex's name I'd like to suggest Стараться (Starat'siya), or Endeavour in English. This is in reference to the grand effort that reaching the moon has been, as well as having the connection to real life lunar missions in that Apollo 15's command module was named endeavour.
Perhaps the Lunar Soyuz could be called "Начало" (Nachalo), which translates as "beginning", for the new dawn for all Kerbalkind, as the cosmonauts take the first steps on the Moon.
Here's my suggestions for what to name the Lunar Soyuz: Okhvat (russian for Outreach) Usiliye (russian for Effort) Sosed (russian for Neighbour) Flagman (russian for Flagship) Serp (russian for Sickle)
I hope ksp 2 multiplayer will make you guys be able to actually play together. Imagine coming across N9 actively moving and doing things on moon real time, God I hope the mod support will allow the KSP 2 version of rp1 to not take long.
You should design the lunar nuclear radioactive bathtub on bicycle wheels, just for authenticity. I chided the Soviets for this when I discussed lunar exploration in my 8th grade Science class.
I suggest "чемпион" (Champion) for the lunar lander. As WHEN the glorious cosmonauts step on the moon FIRST they WILL be the CHAMPIONS of the space race *Nervously looks over shoulder at kgb official* Could also go with "победитель" (pobeditel) which means winner/victor. But that might be too on the nose lol
TBH just watching the soviet side is more fun, you get kind of the view of the space race from one side only just like it would be irl. Not as intense and secretive of course but still
Actually every almaz station was armed but only one tested the weapon, a modified bomber tail gun, they planned to put missiles (your space torpedoes) on the 4th one but never finished it.
For something suitably propagandistic, name the Lunar Soyuz "Avora" (Aurora). Aurora was the name of the cruiser the fired the first shot of the October Revolution, a star shell to signal the beginning of the storming of the Winter Palace.
I think that the Lunar Soyuz should be called the Kozhedub after Ivan Kozhedub, the most acredited Soviet Ace in World War 2 and Hero of the Soviet Union. Or you could name it the Voyadzher (Voyager) as while it takes the Voyager name from N9, I think it's fitting for the craft which shall carry the first Kerbal to the moon.
Name suggestion for lunar Soyuz: "Peanut" - "Арахис" - Ar-ak-his Can be like the US named one of their Landers Snoopy and still in the vein of Charlie Brown
Regarding Cavea-B - IIRC the Block-D used UDMH/NTO for its RCS, which should have similar performance? Of course, for pure flavour, high-perfomance monopropellants are quite cool, and especially for something like a spin-stabilised stage there's a complexity argument to be made in favour of it (perhaps mass for only one set of anti-slosh baffles as well?). Certainly fits the espionage-oriented theme well. Perhaps a bit dull, but Lunar Soyuz could be ковчег луны - lunar ark - of course, the literal meaning being simply "lunar ship", but being an escape from a world at the edge of destruction for two crew to brief peace, to return heroes for humanity, there are quite a few parallels with the Noah's Ark story. Especially if it first carries two tortoises around the moon - of course, Sever's already done crew, but if there's going to be uncrewed lunar launches of to-be crewed vessels simply to test the launch vehicle, more data is more data! Can't be too careful with biology & radiation, especially after what happened in the 'States with Peter and Eileen on Gemini 3.
Beards I’ve been watching you since I was in 5th grade. It’s been a while ride especially when you got hurt, but I’m about to enter high school and I can’t wait for more vids to come. 😃
Звездная - Zvezdnaya According to translators it means something to the effect of stellar or starry... I was going to go for "Stardust" but it came out as two separate words in Russian, which felt unappropriate.
Hi there! I wanted to ask a thing: have you ever considered doing anything with the Galaxies Unbound mods? I absolutely love them and I hardly see anyone do anythind with it. Just a suggestion 😉
Trying to think of names to use for the Lunar Soyuz LOK mission. The ones I can think of are "Zond" or "Heavy Zond" (Zond is Russian for probe), "Rodina" (Russian meaning for Homeland), "Zvezda" (Russian meaning for Star), "Slava" (Russian meaning for glory), "Groza" (Russian meaning for Thunderstorm), "Uragan" (Russian meaning for Hurricane) and “Raskat” (which is a Russian meaning for Steamroller apparently). Those are the names that come to mind. Of course these names will likely need to be kerbalised if they were to be used. Most of the information I found was secondary sources on the internet, I don't speak Russian.
Raskat (раскат) can also be translated as a loud noise made by thunder, like 'раскат грома' = 'thunder peal'. I think "rumble" and "peal" in English both have close definition to raskat in Russian.
I was always taught (in various Russian studies) that Д is pronounced somewhat closer to "deh" and not "day". So "Блок Д" should be pronounced "Block Deh" instead of "Block Day". (There is a hint of an 'ay' sound in the 'eh' that stems from the fact that 'э' is mostly 'eh' but with many accents a hint of an 'ay' sound as well.) I'm no expert, of course; Russian is a very hard language, almost as hard as English, and I never became fluent. Maybe in soviet films of the era, there's recordings it was pronounced with a more official accent that I don't know? As for Mare, your second pronunciation is right; that's how it is pronounced in most surviving Romance languages, where it also means Sea.
Some suggestions: For something more Soviet-sounding, I'd suggest Надеяться (Nadeyatsya) for hope, or Вперед (Vpered) which means something close to onwards If you're looking for something a bit more nationalistic for such a big achievement, Родину (Rodinu) for Motherland or Невский (Nevsky, who essentially founded Russia, Ukraine and Belarus) would sound nice I think
Name it Dave
Yes
typical russian name
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BREAKING NEWS: DAVE LANDS ON MOON
@@birdmcrandomsux and land it with a kerbalnaut named dave
Maybe call it "Zarya" (Заря) (which means dawn) as the first lunar landing is only the beginning of the journey to uncover the distant mysteries of the cosmos.
Oh, and Zarya was the actual name for my favourite soyuz-replacement project that would have utilized retro-propulsive landing to land back on earth. Anyway, it's not like you'll be naming the space station for the Zarya module, right?
Perhaps the lunar Soyuz could be called the Arkticheskiy, considering that it's rather cold up in space. That or maybe Baltika.
Baltika sounds cool
@@kamilr4145 Agreed, and it'd make a good nod to a geographical location, kinda like how Vostok was a direction, "east" and Soyuz being a nod to the USSR itself, meaning "union"
"Kommuna" or "Коммуна" is a cool name, there was an aircraft carrier named that and it basically means commune in russian. Starts with a K, has a "mun" in it and powerful propoganda, slogans can be made like SOVIET KOMMUNA LANDED ON THE MOON, which basically means not only cosmonauts landed but a wast group of communist people.
Name the lunar Soyuz Pobeda (Victory)
then what, have the first 2 letters fall off?
In Russian: Победа
@@connerrolofson1585 on a якор rocket
29:54 Did you accidentally land Luna 19’s sample return capsule in… I guess Kerman Zedong’s China? Or does the Sino-Soviet split not happen in the FAK timeline?
I mean, n9 just landed one of his gemini in fidel kerman’s cuba so i guess it’s alright
He also pretty much landed it on top of a town which is pretty funny to me.
Real question time! Are you going to use the N-1 for its intended military purpose? Maybe scare the Amerikan'tskys by testing another Tsar Bomba type warhead?
No probably not, but it will be used for concept missions like lunar space stations and Mars/Venus crewed flybys
@@TheBeardyPenguinforeshadowing
I think a great name for the lunar-rated Soyuz would be медведь/medved or alternatively медведица/medveditsa meaning respectively male and female bear
Here's a few ideas for the name of the Soyuz-moon rated rocket :
-Звездный свет (Starlight)
-лунный свет (Moonlight)
-самогон/samogon (moonshine)
-Рыцарь/Rytsar' (Knight)
-лунный рыцарь (Moon knight)
-Hope you keep up the good work Beardy! I love watching your videos
PS: If you choose me and wanna give credits, name is Lemmy-
гыгы, самогон
Hey Beardy, I had a suggestion for the lander name: Великий Вояджер (Velikiy Voyadzher), meaning “Great Voyager”, just an idea I had. Loving the series, Keep up the great work man!
"voyadzher" is from french, converted onto russian, the native name sounds more russian
🎶when you see something dark🎶
🎶on our wondrous sattelite🎶
🎶That's a *mare* 🎶
Beardy I forgot to ask on the stream (and chat was quite chaotic so it would be dumb) if you will upgrade the N1 so it can support bigger missions on the moon or will you do just one mission and forget about it.
Oh yeah absolutely! The N2 will have integral upper stages with hydrolox engines to support 2 crew LKs and rovers for extended stays on the surface :)
@@TheBeardyPenguin nice and I have a nickname for the lunar soyuz I taught about лунное затмение which should roughly mean lunar eclipse
For all kerbalkind moment
Woooo😮😮😮😮
The rocket should be called “Вперед" meaning forward, Signifying that this is just the beginning and we should carry on.
HOW TO PRONOUNCE
vp-er-od
add a slight weakness to the O making it like a Ё which is sort of like a yio. The Google translate voice does a good job.
*me, a native english speaker with no understanding of how things are pronounced outside of the english language*
"hell yeah. i definitely nailed this pronunciation."
[listens to google translate]
"welp."
these "multiplayer" series you do are awesome no matter the theme great work and hope your enjoying it!
You should name it Gorizont (Horizon) as a lunar landing is just the horizon for kerbal exploration
idea for the moon mission: "Девана" Dzewana/Devana - slavic godness of wildlife hunt and the moon
LOL her name literaly means "tree woman"
I suggested Diana for similar reasons along with it being a name that the Russian Navy has used in the past.
"Rocks or it didn't happen" -Beardy
Rock.
лунный пингвин
lunnyy pingvin
Apparently it means lunar penguin and I think it would be a nice name for your lunar soyuz
yes that would be so funny
I haven't had a latin class in more than a year but I think that pronunciation of mare was correct
Maybe тоска (toska)? It stands for the feeling of yearning/missing someone. I thought of this because the kerbals are gonna be pretty lonely during the actual lunar part of the mission. And the orbital module could be named воссоединение (vossoyedineniye) meaning reunion, to complement the lander’s name
I would call it Zorya after the moon goddess
About Lunar Soyuz suggestion:
первооткрыватель (pervootkryvatel'), which means "discoverer".
Also, great series! Let's beat up Americans to the moon!
Kinda long tho
@@Sonnycat-pe8il nah I think it's ok
You could name the lunar Soyuz Прыжок (Pryzhok), which apparently means leap or jump (both through space and in technology). It apparantly can also translate to bounce, so if the lunar missions don't quite go to plan the name might still be applicable.
I have a suggestion. "Новый Край" in Russian means a new land, but also a new edge. "Край" in Russian can also mean the horizon. I speak as a Russian speaker.
Definetly the best name I saw and it has many meanings thus many ways to humiliate those americans
@@stefansmiljanic1697 Of course, comrade.
Damn just watch the 2 first season of for all mankind what a banger it hype me so much for this kerbal version as i satiate my tech and soviet program hunger.
Continue the good work and hyped for Carnasa pov.
Maybe Мечта for the lunar landing? translates to "a dream", as in something you strive towards, not the thing you see in sleep.
@Idontknowmynamelol 17 The plane's name was Мрія, which iirc is the same word but in Ukrainian. So actually using other languages, mixing it up and aknowledging USSR was not just Russia would be cool.
SPACE TORPEDO!!!! If the Americans look like they are going to be you just torpedo Apollo in orbit.
Far side landing target; Tsiolkovsky Crater. There are so many good names for the moon landing, I can't make up my mind. Please do the "Diamond?" cannon armed station. Such a strange notion that this craft was taking pictures of me when I was a kid.
I would call the lunar lander "Orel," which mean Eagle. So the sentence could still be: "The Eagle has landed." just in different language.
Not sure if you're aware, but that is the name Roscosmos has been using for their in-development lunar rated spacecraft. Hopefully one day it'll actually get to fly :)
Zayats, Russain for Hare, should be the name of the lunar orbiter module of the Lunar Soyuz. Named after the character Zayats in the classic russian cartoon "Nu Pogodi" (Well, just you wait) which first aired in the Soviet Union in 1969, it would be accompanied by the lander "Volk" (wolf) who would chase up after Zayats after getting dropped from space down to the moon. I feel it's both a unique name, calls back to a nice little piece of soviet cultural history, and pairs up well with the roles of the two craft, with Volk chasing up after Zayats from the moon, and Zayats escaping back to earth after a close encounter with Volk.
In homage of Wallace and Gromit, Google translate tells me that Vkhodnoy (in the Latin alphabet) means 'Day Out', in Cyrillic it's spelt выходной
Zorya would be a good name for Lunar Soyuz, she is a figure in Slavic folklore, a personification of dawn. She is often depicted as the sister of the Sun, the Moon, and Zvezda, the Morning Star with which she is sometimes identified. not just that but she represents the supreme power that a practitioner appeals to.
i swear to fucking god all slavs except russia/ukraine use cooler names (god name)
I think the Lunar Soyuz should be called "novyye gorizonty" which means new horizons
For the lunar complex's name I'd like to suggest Стараться (Starat'siya), or Endeavour in English. This is in reference to the grand effort that reaching the moon has been, as well as having the connection to real life lunar missions in that Apollo 15's command module was named endeavour.
i can just about smell the moon landing..
it smells like cheese
GROMIT WE FORGOT THE CRACKERS
Perhaps the Lunar Soyuz could be called "Начало" (Nachalo), which translates as "beginning", for the new dawn for all Kerbalkind, as the cosmonauts take the first steps on the Moon.
Here's my suggestions for what to name the Lunar Soyuz:
Okhvat (russian for Outreach)
Usiliye (russian for Effort)
Sosed (russian for Neighbour)
Flagman (russian for Flagship)
Serp (russian for Sickle)
I hope ksp 2 multiplayer will make you guys be able to actually play together. Imagine coming across N9 actively moving and doing things on moon real time, God I hope the mod support will allow the KSP 2 version of rp1 to not take long.
You should design the lunar nuclear radioactive bathtub on bicycle wheels, just for authenticity. I chided the Soviets for this when I discussed lunar exploration in my 8th grade Science class.
I was blessed to be able to watch a new episode of FAK this frequent.... thank you!
I suggest "чемпион" (Champion) for the lunar lander. As WHEN the glorious cosmonauts step on the moon FIRST they WILL be the CHAMPIONS of the space race *Nervously looks over shoulder at kgb official*
Could also go with "победитель" (pobeditel) which means winner/victor. But that might be too on the nose lol
TBH just watching the soviet side is more fun, you get kind of the view of the space race from one side only just like it would be irl. Not as intense and secretive of course but still
Fun fact: the Soviets were actually the first at returning a sample from the moon they did it at Luna 16 irl
With a probe, yes, but Apollo 11 returned samples first
@@TheBeardyPenguin yes Luna 16 is a probe
Actually every almaz station was armed but only one tested the weapon, a modified bomber tail gun, they planned to put missiles (your space torpedoes) on the 4th one but never finished it.
For something suitably propagandistic, name the Lunar Soyuz "Avora" (Aurora). Aurora was the name of the cruiser the fired the first shot of the October Revolution, a star shell to signal the beginning of the storming of the Winter Palace.
I’d recommend Родина (Homeland), the althist “Small Steps, Giant Leaps” did it for their N1-L3 program
He fly
Suggested name for the lunar-rated Soyuz: "podsolnukh" (Russian for "sunflower").
I have an idea for your first landing, name the LK and Soyuz Belka and Strelka (the dogs on Korabl Sputnik II)
By the way, when you were talking about how people were mad about using Cavea B you were using the Ranger solar panels on the lander you had on screen
Great we have FAK to look out for again! Thanks Comrade Beardy :)
Maybe a bit late for a suggestion, but how about "мореплаватель", which apparently means navigator/voyager.
The race is getting hot!
lunokhod my beloved
Maybe you can call lunar Soyuz "Zarya" Заря , meaning "Dawn" as it surely would be a new dawn in space history
I think that the Lunar Soyuz should be called the Kozhedub after Ivan Kozhedub, the most acredited Soviet Ace in World War 2 and Hero of the Soviet Union.
Or you could name it the Voyadzher (Voyager) as while it takes the Voyager name from N9, I think it's fitting for the craft which shall carry the first Kerbal to the moon.
лунный путешественник - Moon traveler.
I'd suggest taking the Sever name for all lunar Soyuz flights, not just the one-and-done flyby. Soviets were fond of doing that.
Name suggestion for lunar Soyuz: "Peanut" - "Арахис" - Ar-ak-his
Can be like the US named one of their Landers Snoopy and still in the vein of Charlie Brown
That OK Margo gave you the tech early
судьба (destiny) , удача (fortune), посетитель (visitor), компаньон (companion)
beardy you could call it zadacha which means objective or pobeda which means victory
Name the Lunar Soyuz "Perun", Slavic god of the sky and highest of the Slavic pantheon. The highest god for the highest achievement!
Regarding Cavea-B - IIRC the Block-D used UDMH/NTO for its RCS, which should have similar performance? Of course, for pure flavour, high-perfomance monopropellants are quite cool, and especially for something like a spin-stabilised stage there's a complexity argument to be made in favour of it (perhaps mass for only one set of anti-slosh baffles as well?). Certainly fits the espionage-oriented theme well.
Perhaps a bit dull, but Lunar Soyuz could be ковчег луны - lunar ark - of course, the literal meaning being simply "lunar ship", but being an escape from a world at the edge of destruction for two crew to brief peace, to return heroes for humanity, there are quite a few parallels with the Noah's Ark story. Especially if it first carries two tortoises around the moon - of course, Sever's already done crew, but if there's going to be uncrewed lunar launches of to-be crewed vessels simply to test the launch vehicle, more data is more data! Can't be too careful with biology & radiation, especially after what happened in the 'States with Peter and Eileen on Gemini 3.
Lander should be named медведь (The Bear) after the Soviet National Animal, just like The Eagle for United States’ lander
Pronounce Med-veh-dev
I can tell everyone reached the names for lunar Soyuz part I would put a suggestion but I suck at naming
My suggestion for the lunar soyuz would be "Krasnyy blesk" meaning red (moon)shine
Thank you for another wonderful episode.
Thank you so much beardy
Beards I’ve been watching you since I was in 5th grade. It’s been a while ride especially when you got hurt, but I’m about to enter high school and I can’t wait for more vids to come. 😃
Name the Soyuz lunar mission "Lepton"
Звездная - Zvezdnaya
According to translators it means something to the effect of stellar or starry... I was going to go for "Stardust" but it came out as two separate words in Russian, which felt unappropriate.
Call the lunar Soyuz Rodina. That's "motherland" according to Wikipedia
A mission named Svoboda would be awesome. It means freedom and its my GFs last name lol.
Lol, using the CPUSA version of the hammer and sickle on the Yakor
Mare is pronounced MAH - re with the e at the end being almost silent like in the word mare (a female horse) and the r being rolled
You could call the Lunar Soyuz Lunnyy Svet wich means moonlight!
Name it Svients maybe
Thing it somthing in the lines if lead
This is a sign of support not an actual complaint but POST MORE I WANT MORE CONTENT
Dude it comes out every other Sunday
@@TheBeardyPenguin yes but I like the series so I naturally want more but anyway loved the episode keep up the good work
Name it Spacey McStationFace
Name the lunar Soyuz Soyuzey McSoyuzface
perhaps the lunar soyuz could be called "Pobeda", which means victory in Russian, if you manage to stay ahead of N9
I think "затмение" (zatmeniye) meaning eclipse would be a good name, especially if you land before N9.
Love this series.
Luna 16 is near Gagarin Crater
Great video
Hi there! I wanted to ask a thing: have you ever considered doing anything with the Galaxies Unbound mods? I absolutely love them and I hardly see anyone do anythind with it.
Just a suggestion 😉
Maybe pull out the military Soyuz if those pesky yanks land on the moon before you,as preposterous as that idea is...
Myesyats after Slavic moon god
I think it should be Циолковский, the name of the first Russian rocket scientist.
Trying to think of names to use for the Lunar Soyuz LOK mission.
The ones I can think of are "Zond" or "Heavy Zond" (Zond is Russian for probe), "Rodina" (Russian meaning for Homeland), "Zvezda" (Russian meaning for Star), "Slava" (Russian meaning for glory), "Groza" (Russian meaning for Thunderstorm), "Uragan" (Russian meaning for Hurricane) and “Raskat” (which is a Russian meaning for Steamroller apparently).
Those are the names that come to mind. Of course these names will likely need to be kerbalised if they were to be used.
Most of the information I found was secondary sources on the internet, I don't speak Russian.
Raskat (раскат) can also be translated as a loud noise made by thunder, like 'раскат грома' = 'thunder peal'. I think "rumble" and "peal" in English both have close definition to raskat in Russian.
Call IT ██████ ██████! That is the best name for it, and those Americans won't know what it means!
зенит (zenith), архангел (archangel), kрасная звезда (red star) are the suggestions I've got
Name suggestion for lunar Soyuz: Rodina :)
That's excellent! Definitely a contender
I was always taught (in various Russian studies) that Д is pronounced somewhat closer to "deh" and not "day". So "Блок Д" should be pronounced "Block Deh" instead of "Block Day".
(There is a hint of an 'ay' sound in the 'eh' that stems from the fact that 'э' is mostly 'eh' but with many accents a hint of an 'ay' sound as well.)
I'm no expert, of course; Russian is a very hard language, almost as hard as English, and I never became fluent. Maybe in soviet films of the era, there's recordings it was pronounced with a more official accent that I don't know?
As for Mare, your second pronunciation is right; that's how it is pronounced in most surviving Romance languages, where it also means Sea.
The lunar Soyuz should be called alexi after alexi leonov who could have been the first man on the moon
That would be a bit weird since Alexei Kerman is going to be flying it
Some suggestions:
For something more Soviet-sounding, I'd suggest Надеяться (Nadeyatsya) for hope, or Вперед (Vpered) which means something close to onwards
If you're looking for something a bit more nationalistic for such a big achievement, Родину (Rodinu) for Motherland or Невский (Nevsky, who essentially founded Russia, Ukraine and Belarus) would sound nice I think
Name It луна Дракон
For a name especially if you do a pole landing реголит (regolith)