Some of the 141 people who were on the launch pad at the time flee the explosions that destroyed a Vostok-2M rocket during refuelling operations on 18 March 1980

18 March 1980: 48 people were killed when a Vostok-2M rocket exploded at #Plesetsk Cosmodrome during a fuelling operation. #History #Space #exploration #Vostok2M