In July 1969, the Soviet Union’s N1 moon rocket ignited all 30 engines and detonated on the launch pad, creating one of the most powerful non nuclear explosions in history. This is the story of how a ...

For decades, the world had no idea how close the USSR came to landing a man on the Moon. Newly uncovered archives reveal the unbelievable engineering gamble behind the N1 super-rocket—and the ...