In July 1969, the Soviet N-1 moon rocket detonated at Baikonur in one of history’s most powerful non-nuclear explosions, just weeks before Apollo 11. From intelligence briefings and rushed launch ...
The third stage of the ill fated Indian rocket PSLV-C62 that veered off its flight path on Jan 12, 2026 seems not to have exploded and was intact at the time it went down. A former senior official of ...
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The rocket launched but the ground exploded

On April 20, 2023, Starship launched—successfully. But the real story was underground. The base of the launch pad—Stage ...
The third stage of the ill-fated Indian rocket PSLV-C62 that veered off its flight path on January 12, 2026 seems not to have exploded and was intact at the time it went down.