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NEAR flew by Mathilde en route to Eros. [47] Asteroid 433 Eros: 23 December 1998 1041 days (2 yr, 10 mo, 7 d) NEAR flew by Eros at a minimum distance of 3827 km after a failed attempt to enter orbit. NEAR attained orbit later (see Completed Flights). Cassini: Venus 15 October 1997 26 April 1998 194 days (6 months, 12 days)
2016–2017 – Eric Philips (guide), Heath Jamieson (guide), Jade Hameister, Paul Hameister and Ming D'Arcy ski a new route to the South Pole from the Ross Ice Shelf through the Transantarctic Mountains following the Reedy Glacier then Kansas Glacier. The expedition covers 605 km in 33 days, setting off 6 December 2017 and arriving 11 January ...
near Molodezhnaya Ice Station, Antarctica 11 survivors 1989 Aircraft: 3 Mirny Station plane crash [22] Mirny Station, Antarctica 1999 Aircraft: 3 Terre Adélie helicopter crash [23] near the Dumont d'Urville Station, Terre Adélie, Antarctica 2013 Aircraft: 3 Mount Elizabeth plane crash [24] Mount Elizabeth, Antarctica 2012 Shipwreck: 3
In 2001, Babu Chiri Sherpa died from a fall near Camp II. He had climbed the mountain 10 times and spent 20 hours on the summit of Everest in 1999, then a new record. [ 18 ] He also climbed to the summit twice in two weeks and held the record climbing time from base camp to summit of 16 hours and 56 minutes.
That AV-8A had experienced fuel tank problems twice previously, but the mechanical problem had not been properly resolved before this flight. [15] [93] 12 February 1982 No. 233 OCU RAF: Harrier GR3 XZ973 Crashed due to loss of control near Corwen, Wales; United States Navy Lieutenant John MacBeth did not eject and was killed. [94] [95] 4 March ...
English expedition to explore Newfoundland and eastern Canada. Corte-Real expedition Gaspar Corte-Real: 1501 Labrador (Canada) Portuguese expedition to discover the Northwest Passage. Part of the expedition, captained by Gaspar's brother Miguel Corte-Real, were sent back to Portugal and are the only known survivors from this expedition.
In April 2016, a cabin on International Expeditions' "Estrella Amazonica," now known as "Amazon Star," caught fire, killing two American passengers: Drs. Larry and Christy Hammer. [20] According to investigators, the fire was caused by a power strip that was supplied by the boat and lacked surge protection and safety and flammability ratings. [21]
K2 is the second-highest mountain on Earth, after Mount Everest, with a peak elevation of 8,611 metres (28,251 ft).K2 is part of the Karakoram range, not far from the Himalayas, and is located on the border between the Pakistani Gilgit-Baltistan region, and China's Taxkorgan Tajik Autonomous County of Xinjiang Autonomous Region. [6]