These tragedies went down in history.
The conquest of space was not given to mankind without any problems and losses. Unfortunately, a lot of people died, trying to know all its greatness. In addition, cosmic catastrophe has cost a lot of money. The fact that some cosmic catastrophe happened in the air, making the situation even more tragic and sad.
Apollo -13″. This unsuccessful lunar mission served as the basis for the same dramatic film with Tom Hanks. Aboard the ship there was an explosion of the oxygen tank, after which the astronauts had a whole week to fight for his life.
Satellite “Iridium 33” and “Union 2251”. In 2009, the satellites collided over Northern Siberia at 790 km, the accident is considered a disaster of the first satellites in the history of space exploration.
“Soyuz-1”. In 1967, the Soviet Union hastily held the launch of this manned spacecraft. During the fall affected the orientation system of the ship, in addition, when landing did not work any of both parachutes. Was killed cosmonaut Vladimir Komarov.
“Apollo – 1”. 27 January 1967, prior to the launch, on Board the ship the fire started. It is believed that it happened because of poor wiring insulation. The entire crew was burned alive in just 14 seconds.
“Challenger”. In 1986, during the tenth flight of the space Shuttle “Challenger” tragedy that killed seven astronauts. By 73 seconds from the beginning of the flight detail of the “Challenger” came off and damaged the fuel tank. The Shuttle exploded right in “live”.
“Ballistic missile R-16”. 24 Oct 1960 – black day of the Soviet space program. On this day, at the Baikonur cosmodrome burned alive by 126 people. The tragedy occurred due to unauthorized engine start 30 minutes before the official start.
