With the N1 rocket, the Russians shot for the moon—and missed.

The Soviet program scrapped the N1 moon rocket in 1974 along with all the lunar ships. Instead, the USSR focused on the development of the Earth's orbiting space station.

Nvidia is releasing what it’s calling an AI foundation model for humanoid robotics. Announced at GTC 2025 in San Jose, the model, dubbed Groot N1, is a “generalist” model, trained on both ...

The tale of the engines that propelled the Antares rocket, which exploded in a spectacular ball of flame in Virginia Tuesday night, begins four decades ago, thousands of miles away, in the land of ...

And, oh yeah, the N1 was a massive failure. Intended to compete with NASA's Saturn V rocket and form the backbone of a Soviet Moon program, the N1 rocket attempted four launches from 1969 to 1972 ...

Elon Musk reveals higher payload capacity for Starship, surpassing previous estimates. Starship's superiority sets it apart from the Soviet Union's failed N1 rocket, ultimately halting the former ...

The Elon Musk company ignites 31 engines at the base of its huge new rocket system, Starship.

The Starship's many engines are isolated from each other, preventing the risk of one engine failure causing failure of all as in the case of the Soviet Union's N1 rocket, SpaceX CEO Elon Musk said ...