In July 1969, just weeks before Apollo 11, the Soviet Union’s massive N-1 Moon rocket detonated on the launch pad in one of the most powerful non-nuclear explosions in history. Kept secret for decades ...
For decades, the world believed the Soviets had simply given up on the Moon. But when the USSR collapsed in 1991, declassified documents revealed the truth: the N1, a 30-engine monster built to rival ...