Prologue to the tragedy In the fall of 1960, work was underway at the Tyura-Tam test site (the future Baikonur) that would determine the fate of the Soviet missile program for decades to come. A decisive stage was coming for Mikhail Kuzmich Yangel and the staff of the Dnipropetrovsk Design Bureau 586: it was necessary to prove the viability of the new one
Prologue to the tragedy In the fall of 1960, work was underway at the Tyura-Tam test site (the future Baikonur) that would determine the fate of the Soviet missile program for decades to come. A decisive stage was coming for Mikhail Kuzmich Yangel and the staff of the Dnipropetrovsk Design Bureau 586: it was necessary to prove the viability of the new one