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The Soviet moon rocket that exploded like a nuclear blast, inside the N-1 disaster two weeks before Apollo 11

Two weeks before Apollo 11, the USSR’s N-1 moon rocket detonated at Baikonur in a blast witnesses compared to the end of the world. Using declassified intelligence and the fractured Soviet timeline, ...
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The Soviet N1 rocket disaster, how a 30 engine moon rocket caused the largest non nuclear explosion ever

In July 1969, the Soviet Union’s N1 moon rocket ignited all 30 engines and detonated on the launch pad, creating one of the most powerful non nuclear explosions in history. This is the story of how a ...