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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 ...
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 ...
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