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MOSCOW (Reuters) - A roof at Russia's Baikonur space complex, the linchpin of the Soviet space program, collapsed Sunday, trapping eight workers who were feared to have died under the rubble, space officials said.
Officials said it was unlikely the team, which was working on the roof, had survived the 260-foot plunge at the complex, now located in ex-Soviet Kazakhstan. High winds made the wrecked building unstable and complicated rescue efforts.
Officials at Rosaviakosmos, Russia's space agency, told Russian media that three columns supporting a roof had given way Sunday morning at building No. 112, a vast hangar used for Russia's "Buran" (Snowstorm) shuttle spacecraft. They said one of the shuttle's models was inside the building.
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Officials said it was unlikely the team, which was working on the roof, had survived the 260-foot plunge at the complex, now located in ex-Soviet Kazakhstan. High winds made the wrecked building unstable and complicated rescue efforts.
Officials at Rosaviakosmos, Russia's space agency, told Russian media that three columns supporting a roof had given way Sunday morning at building No. 112, a vast hangar used for Russia's "Buran" (Snowstorm) shuttle spacecraft. They said one of the shuttle's models was inside the building.
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