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Mission rules required a landing as soon as possible once the reentry thrusters were used, causing an early end to the flight. [42] Separation failure 18 January 1969: Soyuz 5: Harrowing reentry and landing when the capsule's service module initially refused to separate, causing the spacecraft to begin reentry faced the wrong way.
The mission, designated STS-107, was the twenty-eighth flight for the orbiter, the 113th flight of the Space Shuttle fleet and the 88th after the Challenger disaster. It was dedicated to research in various fields, mainly on board the SpaceHab module inside the shuttle's payload bay.
Space Shuttle Columbia disaster (1 C, 13 P) Pages in category "Space missions that ended in failure" The following 14 pages are in this category, out of 14 total.
Inside the Near-Fatal 1970 NASA Mission — And Exactly What Went Wrong. Maddie Garfinkle. September 5, 2024 at 9:00 AM. ... The mission underscored the dangers of space exploration, serving as a ...
The mission, designated STS-51-L, was the 10th flight for the orbiter and the 25th flight of the Space Shuttle fleet. The crew was scheduled to deploy a commercial communications satellite and study Halley's Comet while they were in orbit, in addition to taking schoolteacher Christa McAuliffe into space under the Teacher in Space Project .
The uncrewed Boe-OFT2 Starliner mission would be delayed 96 hours due to the incident, but later would be cancelled entirely after the Starliner's valves were found to be faulty. [67] October 15: Soyuz MS-18 engine kept firing longer than expected during testing while docked to the space station. It resulted in station turning 57 degrees off ...
The Starliner spacecraft will return in September autonomously to Earth to free up a docking port for the delayed SpaceX Crew-9, which is scheduled to reach the space station Sept. 24 for a six ...
The shuttle program was marked by triumphs and failures, including the 2003 Columbia disaster. The tragedies left a lasting mark on the perception of risks in space.