During what would become the most dramatic month in space history, an apocalyptic explosion of near-nuclear magnitude took effect in the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan, two weeks before the Apollo ...

On October 24, 1960, a prototype Soviet missile exploded on the launchpad at Baikonur Cosmodrome, killing nearly 200 engineers and officers. Known as the Nedelin catastrophe, it remains the deadliest ...