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The night the Soviet moon rocket exploded, inside the N1 disaster that shook the space race

In July 1969, just days before Apollo 11, the Soviet Union’s N1 moon rocket lifted off with 30 engines firing at once, then detonated in a blast of near nuclear scale. Declassified accounts reveal how ...

NASA begins a practice countdown for its first moonshot with astronauts in more than 50 years

NASA has begun a two-day practice countdown for its first moonshot with astronauts in 53 years. The dress rehearsal that started Saturday night will ...

NASA Begins Practice Countdown For First US Crewed Mission To Moon In Over 50 Years

The space agency officially announced the countdown for the Artemis II launch, in which teams will fuel the rocket and run ...

What happens if NASA's moon mission goes wrong? The 5 worst-case scenarios for Artemis II, revealed - from a fireball on the launchpad to a medical crisis 250,000 mil…

As NASA readies itself for the Artemis II mission to the moon, experts have revealed everything that could go wrong on the ...

On This Day, Jan. 31: Apollo 14 blasts off for moon

On Jan. 31, 1971, Apollo 14, the third U.S. mission to land on the moon, blasted off using a Saturn V rocket from Kennedy ...