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The Soviet moon rocket that exploded so hard America thought it was nuclear

For decades, the Soviet Union pretended it had never truly raced America to the Moon. The truth was buried in the wreckage of ...
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April 3, 1966: Luna 10 orbits the moon

Beginning with Luna 1's launch in 1959, the Soviet Luna program set several milestones in space exploration. Luna 1 was the first spacecraft to fly past the Moon, while Luna 2 was the first to impact ...