7 Accidents and Disasters in Spaceflight History
- ISS Expedition 36: Water Leak in Astronaut's Suit. ...
- STS-51-L: Space Shuttle Challenger Disaster. ...
- Apollo 12: Lightning Strikes and a Head Scrape. ...
- Soyuz 1: Parachute Failure. ...
- Mir-18: Exercise Equipment to the Eye. ...
- STS-107: Space Shuttle Columbia Disaster.
Which 2 space shuttles blew up?
Columbia: The first fully functional space shuttle launched on April 12, 1981. After 27 missions over two decades, it broke apart during re-entry on Feb. 1, 2003, killing all seven astronauts on board. Challenger: The shuttle first launched on April 4, 1983.
Has a spaceship ever exploded?
The Space Shuttle Challenger disaster was a fatal accident in the United States' space program that occurred on January 28, 1986, when the Space Shuttle Challenger (OV-099) broke apart 73 seconds into its flight, killing all seven crew members aboard.
