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The Soviet moon rocket that exploded weeks before Apollo 11

In July 1969, just weeks before Apollo 11 reached the Moon, the Soviet Union attempted to launch its massive N1 lunar rocket from the Baikonur Cosmodrome. Designed as the USSR’s answer to the Saturn V ...
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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 ...