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 ...

Here's how the world's largest non-nuclear bomb, the guided Massive Ordnance Penetrator, could go deep underground and shake ...

Two disasters defined Soviet space tragedy. The N1 rocket created history's largest non-nuclear explosion while the Nedelin catastrophe killed the program's top leadership. The blasts that ended ...