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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 moon rocket that exploded like a nuclear blast, N-1’s catastrophic launch two weeks before Apollo 11

In July 1969, the Soviet N-1 moon rocket detonated at Baikonur in one of history’s most powerful non-nuclear explosions, just weeks before Apollo 11. From intelligence briefings and rushed launch ...