Yes, in a failed attempt to reach the Moon before the U.S, the Russians launched their ill-fated N-1 super rocket with one cosmonaut aboard. In keeping with tradition, it blew up shortly after launch. Ironically, such was the force of the explosion, the manned capsule was propelled all the way to the moon and avoided obliteration by sliding down the ancient glass buttresses discovered by Angst Award winning Hyperscientist Richard Hoaxland.
http://www.enterprisemission.com/mphotos.html
The cosmonaut ultimately died from radiation poisoning received from the Van Halen belts and burns on his rear end from the rocket explosion. His name was Blumi Arzov.
Further details can be found in my forthcoming book
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