{"slug": "baikonur-cosmodrome", "label": "Baikonur Cosmodrome", "wikipedia": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Baikonur_Cosmodrome", "wikidata": "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q177477", "qid": "Q177477", "description": "cosmodrome in Kazakhstan, used by Russia", "entries": 7, "years": 7, "span": [1960, 2002], "span_label": ["1960 CE", "2002 CE"], "topics": [{"title": "Science & Discovery", "count": 5}, {"title": "Disasters & Accidents", "count": 2}], "related": [{"slug": "kazakhstan", "label": "Kazakhstan", "shared": 2}, {"slug": "international-space-station", "label": "International Space Station", "shared": 1}], "items": [{"year": 1960, "year_label": "1960 CE", "section": "Disasters & Accidents", "date": "October 24", "text": "October 24 – Nedelin catastrophe: A large rocket explodes on the launch pad at the Baikonur Cosmodrome, killing at least 92 people of the Soviet space program.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1371870774#October", "title": "1960", "revid": 1371870774, "section": "Events › October"}}, {"year": 1963, "year_label": "1963 CE", "section": "Disasters & Accidents", "date": "October 24", "text": "October 24 – Fire at the Soviet Union's Baikonur Cosmodrome in an R-9 Desna underground missile silo; seven people are killed.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1370539540#October", "title": "1963", "revid": 1370539540, "section": "Events › October"}}, {"year": 1983, "year_label": "1983 CE", "section": "Science & Discovery", "date": "September 26", "text": "September 26 – The Soyuz T-10-1 mission ends in a pad abort at the Baikonur Cosmodrome, when a pad fire occurs at the base of the Soyuz U rocket during the launch countdown. The escape tower system, attached to the top of the capsule containing the crew and Soyuz spacecraft, fires immediately, pulling the crew safe from the vehicle a few seconds before the rocket explodes, destroying the launch complex.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1366392977#September", "title": "1983", "revid": 1366392977, "section": "Events › September"}}, {"year": 1995, "year_label": "1995 CE", "section": "Science & Discovery", "date": "March 14", "text": "March 14 – Astronaut Norman Thagard becomes the first American to ride into space aboard a Russian launch vehicle (the Soyuz TM-21), lifting off from the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1372467239#March", "title": "1995", "revid": 1372467239, "section": "Events › March"}}, {"year": 1998, "year_label": "1998 CE", "section": "Science & Discovery", "date": "November 20", "text": "November 20 – A Russian Proton rocket is launched from the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan, carrying the first segment of the International Space Station, the 21-ton Zarya Module.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1373236679#November", "title": "1998", "revid": 1373236679, "section": "Events › November"}}, {"year": 2001, "year_label": "2001 CE", "section": "Science & Discovery", "date": "April 28", "text": "April 28 – The Russian spacecraft Soyuz TM-32 lifts off from the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan, carrying the first space tourist, American entrepreneur Dennis Tito, and two Russian cosmonauts.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1373523156#April", "title": "2001", "revid": 1373523156, "section": "Events › April"}}, {"year": 2002, "year_label": "2002 CE", "section": "Science & Discovery", "date": "April 25", "text": "April 25 – South African Mark Shuttleworth blasts off from the Baikonur Cosmodrome on the Soyuz TM-34, becoming the first African space tourist.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1372652846#April", "title": "2002", "revid": 1372652846, "section": "Events › April"}}]}