In July 1969, the Soviet Union’s N-1 mega rocket lifted off from Baikonur and detonated seconds later, unleashing an apocalyptic blast that set the moon program back at the worst possible moment.
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 ...
KANSAS CITY, Mo. (KCTV) - Oct. 4, 1957, the Soviet Union launched Sputnik 1 into space, simultaneously launching the USSR and the United States into a space race. Bundle Up Your Tech: Carrier warns ...
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I sometimes wonder where we would be now, as a species, had the Soviet Union not collapsed and continued its space race with the United States. Would we have already colonized other planets by now, or ...
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February 9, 1964. The Beatles perform on the Ed Sullivan Show. More than 73 million people watched. Their only Kansas City concert took place at Municipal Stadium that same year, featuring the hit, ...