Here’s a look at space accidents that have affected astronauts or other staff related to spaceflight. Accidents that involved unmanned spacecraft are not included. Timeline October 24, 1960 – The ...
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The Nedelin catastrophe, the Soviet rocket pad explosion in 1960 that was hidden for decades
In 1960, a rushed Soviet missile test at Baikonur ignited into a lethal inferno, killing top personnel and vanishing from the ...
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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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