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October 24, 2011.
Laying flowers to the memorial to the fallen missilemen.

Employees of the RSC Energia Baikonur branch office and the Corporation specialists working at the launch site under the programs of pre-launch processing of Progress M-13M, Progress M-14M, Soyuz TMA-22 and Soyuz TMA-03M spacecraft took part in the events commemorating the testers of the rocket technology who were tragically killed on October 24, 1960 and 1963.

Flowers were laid at the memorial to missilemen in the Baikonur city park and at Area 41 of the launch site, and a moment of silence was held to pay tribute to the memory of victims of space exploration.

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In 1960 an accident happened at Area 41 of the launch site during the first test launch of an intercontinental ballistic missile (ICBM) R-16, and in 1963 at Area 70 during servicing of ground equipment in the silo of ICBM R-9A.