Space Accidents

October 24 1960 the first space related fatalities occur when a rocket explodes at the soviet union s baikonur space center in kazakhstan killing 165 people including air marshal mitrofan i.

Space accidents. The national science foundation which owns the dish approved a temporary repair plan but it s unclear just how much it will cost or how long it will take. Space accidents updated february 11 2017 infoplease staff 1967 jan. The nature of the defect is so striking that it seems obvious in hindsight.

That success record changed dramatically on jan. Spaceflight related accidents and incidents during assembly testing and preparation for flight of crewed and uncrewed spacecraft have occasionally resulted in injuries or the loss of craft since the earliest days of space programs. White and roger chaffee.

A defective design is the root cause of most space accidents. A defective design complacency about existing safety measures and a management failure. Water leak in astronaut s suit.

Common causes of space disasters. The first fatal accident in the history of u s. A socket that was involved in the accident has been removed and was shipped to nasa s kennedy space center for further forensic analysis.

Space flight occurred on january 27 1967 during preparations for the first manned mission of the apollo space program. A fire aboard the space capsule on the ground at cape kennedy fla killed astronauts virgil i. The challenger space shuttle disaster.

The space shuttle columbia disaster was a fatal incident in the united states space program that occurred on february 1 2003 when the space shuttle columbia ov 102 disintegrated as it reentered the atmosphere killing all seven crew members. International space station the international space station iss was. Crew crew of the challenger 51 l mission.