PART OF THE ROOF OF RUSSIA'S SPACE STATION AT BAIKONUR IN KAZAKHSTAN H...

World | May 12, 2002, Sunday // 00:00

Part of the roof of Russia's space station at Baikonur in Kazakhstan has collapsed, injuring at least eight people, according to local media reports. Three out of five segments of the 70-metre high roof of the block, used for assembling and testing space vehicles, gave way at around 0720 GMT on May 12. Interfax news agency said that the injured, who were repairing the roof at the time, were trapped under the debris. The Russian Aviation and Space Agency has set up a special centre to investigate the causes of the incident. The Baikonur cosmodrome, Russia's main commercial launch site, was built in the 1950s and is the oldest working launch site in the world.

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