On July 3, 1969, an unthinkable event unfolded at the Baikonur Cosmodrome, Kazakhstan, as the Soviet N1 rocket, a colossal machine designed to send astronauts to the moon, exploded with ...

The Baikonur rocket and missile site in the middle of Kazakhstan is an area of some 90 kms in diameter which is leased to Russia until 2050. At its heart is the spaceport, and central to the spaceport ...