Introduction -- Fire onboard: Apollo 1 -- Death in a fireball: Soyuz 1 -- Nerves like wire rope: Gemini 6A -- Emergency landing in the Pacific: Gemini 8 -- Death at supersonic speed: X-15 -- Odyssey ...
A key launchpad at the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan was damaged during a Soyuz rocket launch, threatening Russia’s ability to send crews to the International Space Station. Experts warn repairs ...
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The Soviet launch pad disaster of 1960, how the R-16 rocket explosion killed dozens and was hidden for decades
In October 1960, a rushed Soviet missile test at Baikonur ended in a massive explosion that killed over a hundred people and was erased from public record. Decades later, declassified files and ...
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Inside the N-1 disaster at Baikonur, the Soviet Saturn V rival that detonated and shattered the moon race
Two weeks before Apollo 11, the USSR’s N-1 mega booster rose from Baikonur and detonated in one of history’s most powerful non-nuclear explosions. This is the behind-the-scenes story of how a single ...
A botched Soyuz launch has dealt significant damage to Russia’s Baikonur Cosmodrome spaceport in Kazakhstan, leaving the nation without the ability to launch astronauts to the International Space ...
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