R-16

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Soviet missile designed by Mikhail Yangel which was an early attempt at using hypergolic storable fuels. An R-16 missile exploded on the launch pad at the Baikonur Cosmodrome killing 126 people in October 1960.


R-16 explosion Baikonur

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