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The Soviet moon rocket that exploded weeks before Apollo 11
In July 1969, just weeks before Apollo 11 reached the Moon, the Soviet Union attempted to launch its massive N1 lunar rocket from the Baikonur Cosmodrome. Designed as the USSR’s answer to the Saturn V ...
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The explosions that shattered the Soviet moon program
In the intense years of the Space Race, the Soviet Union pursued some of the most ambitious rocket programs ever attempted, but two catastrophic explosions would leave lasting scars on its quest for ...
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