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2018 - The Electron rocket was the first New Zealand rocket to achieve orbit. The rocket is also unique in using an electric pump-fed engine. The rocket also carried an additional satellite payload called "Humanity Star", a 1-meter-wide (3 ft) carbon fiber sphere made up of 65 panels that reflect the Sun's light. [35]
1972 Chicago commuter rail crash, Chicago, Illinois; 45 killed plus hundreds injured [190] [191] [192] 1973 Littlefield, Texas bus/train crash; 7 killed plus 16 injured [193] [194] 1974 Decatur tank car explosion, Decatur, Illinois; 7 killed plus hundreds injured [195] [196] 1976 1976 Beckemeyer train accident, 12 killed and four injured.
February 28 – Spain – A head-on collision of two crowded Catalan Railways suburban trains about 12 miles (20 km) from Barcelona killed 22 people. [79] May 30 – India – A flood-weakened bridge collapsed under a train about 70 miles (110 km) from Gauhati (now Guwahati). The locomotive and four cars fell into the river and 85 people were ...
January 12 – Republic of the Congo – Nvoungouti: More than 30 people were killed after two trains collided because of a brake failure. [10] February 7 – Canada – Toronto: Ontario Northland Railway's Northlander passenger train derailed in the Don Valley near the Bayview Extension and Pottery Road area, slightly injuring two passengers. [11]
The U.S. Air Force came to get it, deputies say.
January 14 – Ghana – An express train derailed between Accra and Kumasi, killing at least 21 people and injuring about 200. [10]January 19 – France – An RER A express train in Paris at Auber station crashed, killing one person and injuring 73 in a rear-end collision caused by the train driver misunderstanding a new signaling system installed only two days earlier.
Nedelin catastrophe: A launch pad explosion of an unmanned rocket killed the important Soviet Air Force official Marshal Mitrofan Nedelin, and approximately 120 other personnel. [97] 24 October 1963: Baikonur Cosmodrome, USSR: 7: R-9 Desna: An R-9 missile was being prepared for launch in a silo from Site 70 at Baikonur Cosmodrome.
Sixteen people are killed and 28 are injured. 10 September – United Kingdom – Thorpe rail accident – Two Great Eastern Railway passenger trains are in a head-on collision at Thorpe St. Andrew, Norfolk, due to irregular dispatching procedures. Twenty-five people are killed and more than 100 injured.