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July 02, 2013

Russian Proton M Rocket Explodes Just After Blast Off
Moscow (AFP) July 02, 2013
An unmanned Russian carrier rocket exploded on takeoff at the Baikonur cosmodrome in Kazakhstan on Tuesday, releasing 600 tonnes of highly toxic fuel into the air in images broadcast live on television. Spectacular footage showed the Proton-M rocket veering off its trajectory just seconds after its 6:38 am (0238 GMT) launch, before erupting into a ball of flames and unleashing clouds of noxious black smoke. The Russian space agency Roskosmos, citing preliminary information, said the accident cau ... read more

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