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 ...
What followed the N1’s first liftoff became the stuff of legend: exploding engines, a rain of fire over the Kazakh desert, and a blast so massive it shattered windows miles away. This is the untold ...