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The Soviet N1 disaster of 1969, the massive moon rocket explosion that shook the space race

Just weeks before Apollo 11 reached the Moon, the Soviet Union attempted to launch its massive N1 rocket, the centerpiece of its secret lunar program. The result was one of the most powerful ...
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The Soviet moon rocket that exploded like the end of the world, N1’s 1969 Baikonur disaster

In July 1969, as Apollo 11 closed in on the Moon, the Soviet N1 moon rocket collapsed back onto its launch pad and unleashed one of history’s most powerful non-nuclear explosions. From declassified ...