From cabin fires to shuttle breakups, these five space disasters reshaped exploration forever — revealing how tragedy forced critical safety reforms and changed humanity’s journey beyond Earth.
Through the most recent mission, STS-130 in February 2010, the shuttle has taken 788 people to orbit (“people” includes repeat fliers—so Franklin Chang Diaz’s seven flights would count as seven people ...
Introduction -- Fire onboard: Apollo 1 -- Death in a fireball: Soyuz 1 -- Nerves like wire rope: Gemini 6A -- Emergency landing in the Pacific: Gemini 8 -- Death at supersonic speed: X-15 -- Odyssey ...
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