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 ...
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 establish a long-term presence on the lunar surface.