[Confirm Block A separation]
[Igniting Block B]

Okay, so the volcano wasn't [i]that[/i] far away. It really didn't call for a suborbital hop outside the atmosphere. But damnit, the N1-L3 was a rocket, and he wanted to [i]fly[/i],

[Confirm Block B separation]
[Igniting Block V]

The atmosphere was mostly below him now. The N1-L3 was in space. And it was glorious. He stopped the burn and re-oriented the engines to face toward Death Mountain. The ascent stages weren't designed for atmospheric re-entry, and so he'd have to brake using the rockets rather than parachutes.

Air pressure began to rise around the downward-pointing rockets. He reactivated them, slowing his descent. Even so, the shockwave beneath the engines ionized, and a brilliant sheath of plasma surrounded the N1-L3 as it descended. Of course, it was also descending through a plume of its own rockets' smoke. Overall, it was rather like watching a fireball descend on Death Mountain. Block V ran out of fuel.

[Confirming Block V separation]
[Igniting Block G]

Much of the N1-L3's bulk had been shed now. It was mostly just a couple of engines and the LOK orbiter. As Block V tumbled down beneath the N1-L3, he couldn't help but suddenly wonder where these ejected stages were going to hit. Hopefully nothing important.

[Confirming Block G separation]
[Igniting Block D]

Block D was the last rocket motor left. It was directly attached to the LOK orbiter; without it, the orbiter was practically immobile. Block G crashed into the caldera with a molten splash. At this point, the N1-L3 had slowed down to the point that it was nearly hovering. It turned Block D's rockets off, and coasted weightlessly the last few meters into the caldera.