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- On October 24, 1960 a rocket exploded on a launchpad at Baikonur Cosmodrome.
Question 1:
On October 24, 1960 a rocket exploded on a launchpad at Baikonur Cosmodrome. Fortunately there were no casualties.
A. True
B. False
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