Spaceship Disasters
By : Corey H.
I have been fascinated with space ships all my life, so that is the reason I chose to create my web page about space disasters.
Unmanned Transport Capsule 1997
The capsule collided with the space station Mir in a docking maneuver damaging a module.
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The Challenger 1986
The shuttle Challenger exploded 73 seconds after launch. The astronauts Francis Scobee, Michael Smith, Ronald McNair, Ellison Onizuka, Gregon Jarvis, Judith Resnik, and Christa McAuliffe were all killed .
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Columbian Astronauts 2003
David M. Brown - 46 mission specialist 1 |
Kalpana Chawla-41 mission specialist 2 |
Laurel Blair Salton Clark-41 mission specialist 4 |
Rick D. Husband-45 commander
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William C. Macool-41 pilot
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Iian Ramon- 48 payload specialist 1
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Michael P. Anderson - 43 payload commander
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The space shuttle disintegrated during its descent over Texas. This shuttle had been in space for 16 days. The people on board this shuttle listed above were all killed.
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In February 1997 fire broke out on the Mir space station by a defective air purification system.
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On June 29, 1971 the Soviet cosmonauts Georgi Dobrowolski, Wladislaw Wolkow and Viktor Patsajew's bodies were uncovered when the pressure balance inside failed after being in space for 24 days.
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On April 13, 1970 the Apollo 13 spaceship was on its way to the moon when on the 2nd day the oxygen tank exploded. They used their moon landing craft to escape.
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On April 23, 1967 after a 26 hour flight the Soviet cosmonaut Vladimir Kamarow died when his capsule was crushed on landing because the drag chutes did not open.
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On January 1967 the US astronauts Virgil Grissom, Edward White, and Roger Chaffee were killed during a simulated launch on board the Apollo 1 because the short circuit ignited the pure oxygen on the space shuttle.
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