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As of December 2024, in-flight accidents have killed 15 astronauts and 4 cosmonauts in five separate incidents. [2] Three of the flights had flown above the Kármán line (edge of space), and one was intended to do so. In each of these accidents the entire crew was killed.
The International Space Station, as seen by a visiting spacecraft in 2021. This article is a list of accidents and incidents related to the International Space Station (ISS). It includes mishaps occurring on board the ISS, flights to and from the space station, as well as other program related incidents.
Test pilot Stuart Present ejects safely from the Lunar Landing Training Vehicle. Neil Armstrong also made such an ejection. (NASA) 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.
Timeline of Solar System exploration; Timeline of the Space Race; List of cumulative spacewalk records; List of spacewalkers; List of spacewalks 2000–2014; List of spacewalks and moonwalks 1965–1999; Timeline of Spirit; List of space stations
For the purpose of these lists, a spaceflight is defined as any flight that crosses the Kármán line, the FAI-recognized edge of space, which is 100 kilometres (62 miles) above mean sea level (AMSL). The timeline contains all flights which have crossed the edge of space, were intended to do so but failed, or are planned in the near future.
Deaths occurring in the space exploration programs of various nations and companies. Memorial emblem for the three fatal NASA human space flight accidents. Translation: "To The Stars, Through Adversity – Always Exploring"
The incident resulted in the first fatality on a spacecraft in flight since the Space Shuttle Columbia disaster in 2003. [18] The survival of pilot Peter Siebold also marks the first time in history that anyone has survived the destruction of a spacecraft during a flight when others on board have died.
First test passenger flight for Virgin Galactic commercial fleet, in preparation for later space tourism operations. The passenger, Beth Moses, is Virgin Galactic's Chief Astronaut Instructor and the first woman to fly aboard a commercial spaceship. Apogee of 89.9 km did not pass the Kármán line but passed the US definition of space. 322