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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 rocket that nearly reached the moon, inside the N1 explosion that helped America win the space race

Two weeks before Apollo 11, the Soviet Union attempted to launch its massive N1 moon rocket, a mission that ended in one of the largest non nuclear explosions in history. Declassified records reveal ...