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The Soviet rocket explosion that nearly changed Apollo 11, inside the N1 moon booster disaster at Baikonur

In July 1969, the Soviet N1 moon rocket detonated at Baikonur just days before Apollo 11, exposing how close, and how fragile, the Moon Race really was. Then an even darker launchpad catastrophe in ...
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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 ...