5 Deadliest Space Travel Incidents
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5 Deadliest Space Travel Incidents. Travelling to space is of course always risky and can be very deadly given the energy needed to get humans to space. Today we are listing the 5 deadliest space travel accidents. 5. The Soyuz 1 In 1967 The Soviets launched a manned spacecraft into orbit and it resulted in the first space fatality ever. Vladimir Komarov died, when during the descent, his parachute failed. As it turns out, engineers noticed hundreds of design flaws, but Soviet leaders forced the mission due to political pressure. 4. X-15 Flight 91 In 1967, during the heart of the Soviet-American space race, the Americans suffered an early fatality of their own. Michael J. Adams was one of the most experienced pilots around, but he sadly died when X-15 Flight 91 exploded during takeoff. An investigation into the incident found that Adams likely lost control of the craft, possibly due to vertigo. 3. The Soyuz 11 In 1971 the Soviets sent Soyuz 11 to the space station, and the crew worked at the station for about three weeks. The trip home proved disastrous when the crew’s capsule completely lost pressure, which ultimately killed the crew. The Craft actually returned safely to earth, but the lack of pressure in the cabin caused all three members of the crew to suffocate to death during the trip home. 2. The Challenger The Challenger broke apart on June 28, 1986 during a NASA mission, killing all seven crewmembers. Just 73 seconds into the flight, The Challenger broke apart due to a technical problem and plummeted down towards the Atlantic Ocean. The launch and subsequent explosion were captured on live television as millions of viewers had tuned in. 1. The Columbia The Columbia was reentering Earth’s atmosphere on February 1, 2003 when it fell apart. Investigators later found that he wing had been severely damaged by a piece of foam insulation during take off. The craft soon exploded, tragically killing all seven crewmembers. Find us on... -- http://www.twitter.com/world5list -- http://www.pinterest.com/world5list -- http://www.boredbadger.com -- http://www.facebook.com/world5list
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Not soyuz 11 two but eleven idiot
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Number 1 it's Soyuz 11 and the challenger mission happened in January retard
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ITS SOYUZ 11 NOT SOYUZ 2
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This is wrong. Michael Adams did not die because the X-15, "exploded during takeoff". It did not. The X-15 doesn't "takeoff". It is dropped at an altitude of 40,000 ft. by a B-52 mother ship. What happened to Adams is one of the readouts was giving him erroneous information, which caused him to get the aircraft turned around to the point he reentered the atmosphere backwards. The aircraft then went into a classical spin and tumble. He was never in a position to get out of the vehicle safely. The accident had absolutely nothing to do with "vertigo". This information is out there, and you need to research it before putting things like this together.
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Soyuz Eleven, not Soyuz Two. Soyuz 2 was an unmanned test of the redesigned spacecraft following the Soyuz 1 disaster. Soyuz 3 repeated that test with a man aboard, and subsequent flights up through Soyuz 9 were preparatory for space station operations. Soyuz 10 successfully docked with the Salyut space station, but the crew were unable to open the hatch, which Soyuz 11 was able to do. The returning crew were not wearing space suits, & died when a valve was knocked open after separation, allowing the cabin air to bleed into space.
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You should do more research before you release an educational video. There's a lot of wrong information in this video, it's messed up you would upload this before fact checking.
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Its pronounced "Soy-u-z" as it is spell't
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What music is this?? It's pretty freaking good.
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January 28, 1986!!!!!
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That's Soyuz ELEVEN, not Soyuz TWO. Really? And the photo on the left is of the original prime crew (with Alexei Leonov in the centre), not the backup crew who replaced them, and perished on the mission.
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Challenger disaster was January 1986 and it was a faulty tile that was the cause.
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Challenger 7 is my old Elementary School in Florida 💕
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Soy-uz, not Soyaz. Challenger was its standalone name. Soyuz 11, not Soyuz II.!
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+Mark U P.S: Aww bad english lol
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+Mark U Awww someone is thinking he is smart lol
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i wish they elaborated about Komorov. He knew about the design faults of the Soyuz, but went anyway because if he didnt, his best friend - who was also an astronaut - would have to replace him, and he would die instead :(
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Number 1 and 2 are equal
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What is the music?
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The Challenger accident happened on January 28, 1986. Not as you report July
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Mark u @ Like I ask, dipshit..
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