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If a second parachute had failed, the spacecraft would probably have been crushed on impact with the ocean, according to a NASA official. [52] Separation failure 5 April 1975: Soyuz 18a: The mission nearly ended in disaster when the rocket suffered a second-stage separation failure during launch.
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.
Missions which were intended to reach space but which failed to do so are listed in bold. Missions between 50 miles (80.45 km) and 100 km (62 mi), which satisfy the US Military definition of space(50 Miles), but not the NASA or Internationally recognized Karman Line definition (100 KM) are listed in italics. Fatal missions are marked with a ...
Maiden flight of the Thor-Burner series. Satellite failed to separate from the upper stage, but the satellite was able to operate for 6 months. 1965-09-02 20:00 Thor DM-21 Agena-D Thor 401 Agena 1602 VAFB LC-75-3-5 MPRV: Upper atmosphere and space experiments planned: MEO: Failure High winds caused the vehicle to drift off course. RSO T+43 seconds.
A large chunk of space debris discovered last month in North Carolina came from a SpaceX capsule that ... NASA said the debris was from SpaceX’s Crew-7 mission, which launched to space on Aug ...
This is a list of cancellations and terminations made by NASA. Program terminations ... Space Interferometry Mission - 2010; Mars Telecommunications Orbiter - 2009;
Apollo 13 stands as one of NASA's most monumental and near-fatal space missions decades after the event. Launched in 1970, what was meant to be the third moon landing became a desperate fight for ...
The United States defines spaceflight as any flight reaching an altitude of 50 miles, while the FAI definition requires an altitude of 100 kilometers. During the 1960s, 13 crewed flights of the U.S. North American X-15 rocket plane met the U.S. criteria, of which only two met the FAI's. This article's primary list includes only the latter two ...