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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 ...
NASA's first tragedy is recalled annually at Launch Complex 34. This year is different, as the Artemis II mission sits on the ...
The first crewed mission around the moon in more than 50 years is coming up. Here’s how to see it at sites in and around the ...
NASA's space shuttle Challenger exploded and broke apart Jan. 28, 1986, in the sky over East-Central Florida, killing the ...
It’s been 40 years since the Space Shuttle Challenger disaster. It was a day the nation slowly realized something had ...
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The Soviet moon rocket that exploded like a nuclear blast just weeks before Apollo 11
Just two weeks before Apollo 11 landed on the Moon, the Soviet Union suffered a catastrophic rocket failure that shook Baikonur and quietly ended its lunar ambitions. This video unpacks the N1 ...
The U.S. is once again challenging itself to go to the moon, and this time, NASA and the Trump administration want to ...
As the oldest astronaut Buzz Aldrin turns 96, the astronauts of Artemis II wish him happy birthday and talk about their Apollo inspirations.
The Artemis II mission will set several notable human spaceflight records. Astronauts Reid Wiseman, Victor Glover, Christina ...
Just moving out the moon-bound rocket to the launch pad was an incredible engineering feat. Watch how NASA got it done.
The rollout sets the stage for tests and dress rehearsals ahead of NASA's first crewed flight to the moon in more than 50 ...
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. -- NASA’s giant new moon rocket moved to the launch pad Saturday in preparation for astronauts’ first ...
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