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The Soviet launch disaster worse than Challenger, the Baikonur explosion the Kremlin hid for decades
In the early space race, the Soviet Union suffered a launchpad disaster so lethal it vanished from public history for decades. From the 1960 Nedelin catastrophe to the N1 moon rocket’s apocalyptic ...
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The night the Soviet moon rocket exploded, the N1 disaster that nearly changed the space race
In July 1969, just weeks before Apollo 11, the Soviet Union lost its giant N1 moon rocket in one of the most powerful non nuclear explosions in history. Kept secret for decades, the disaster revealed ...
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