<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nedelin_catastrophe" id="mwARA" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="Nedelin catastrophe">Nedelin catastrophe</a>: An <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/R-16_(missile)" id="mwARE" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="R-16 (missile)">R-16</a> <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ballistic_missile" id="mwARI" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="Ballistic missile">ballistic missile</a> explodes on the launch pad at the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Soviet_Union" id="mwARM" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="Soviet Union">Soviet Union</a>'s <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Baikonur_Cosmodrome" id="mwARQ" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="Baikonur Cosmodrome">Baikonur Cosmodrome</a> space facility, killing over 100 people, including Field Marshal Mitrofan Nedelin.