Just weeks before Apollo 11 reached the Moon, the Soviet Union attempted to launch its massive N1 rocket, the centerpiece of its secret lunar program. The result was one of the most powerful ...
CC0 Usage Conditions ApplyClick for more information. A reactor failure on a K-19 nuclear sub in 1961 ended up killing several crew members due to radiation poisoning. It was a horrifying episode that ...
In the intense years of the Space Race, the Soviet Union pursued some of the most ambitious rocket programs ever attempted, but two catastrophic explosions would leave lasting scars on its quest for ...
Part One. Incarcerated space and Western nuclear frontiers -- Mr. Matthias goes to Washington -- Labor on the lam -- "Labor shortage" -- Defending the nation -- The city plutonium built -- Work and ...