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The most disastrous space travel catastrophes! These dangerous spaceship accidents have caused the death of many astronauts throughout interstellar travel history as they explore far away reaches of the galaxy, lunar phenomenons, and galactic mysteries. This video was done in collaboration with “101 Facts”! Subscribe to their channel here: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCEbU52pOVZ_JNsfQGT0OcHA And to learn more about space, check out their “101 Facts About Space” video here: https://youtu.be/hQW8dz8yAnI Subscribe to “They Will Kill You” for new videos: http://goo.gl/SaufF4 These are the 6 most disastrous space travel catastrophes. These fatalities are absolutely mind-blowing. Number 6: The Challenger Disaster January 28th, 1986: space shuttle Challenger breaks apart less than two minutes into the flight, killing all seven of the crew members on board. The disaster was the result of an O-ring failure, which ultimately led pressurized gas from the rocket motor pouring out onto the external fuel tank. This caused the orbiter to break apart. When the Challenger disintegrated over the Atlantic Ocean, it was not known how quickly the seven crew members died. It comprised of Michael J. Smith, Dick Scobee, Judith Resnik, Ronald McNair, Gregory Jarvis, Ellison Onizuka, and Christa McAuliffe. Photos of the disaster show that the crew cabin did exit the wreckage in tact as it plummeted towards the ocean. Experts agree that if the cabin did not depressurize, it was likely that they were still alive from the time of the breakup until the cabin crashed into the ocean. But the violent impact with the ocean’s surface would have killed any crew member that was still alive. It was not possible for the crew to escape safely. NASA opted to not include launch escape systems in the shuttle, believing the shuttles were so reliable that the need for an escape system was unnecessary and technically unfeasible. After the disaster, NASA looked back into the prospect of launch escape systems and designed a system that gave crews the ability to escape the shuttle during gliding flight. But even this feature would not have saved the lives of its seven-member crew. Number 5: Soyuz 11 The three-member crew of the Soyuz 11 died on June 30th, 1971 while attempting to re-enter earth’s atmosphere. When their cabin became depressurized, the three cosmonauts, Georgy Dobrovolsky, Vladislav Volkov, and Viktor Patsayev all suffocated to death. They hold the distinction of being the only three people to die in space. Their mission had been to board the world’s first space station, Salyut 1. They did that successfully and stayed for 22 days, performing tasks such as replacing a ventilation system, holding a live TV broadcast, and even had plans to observe a rocket launch...a plan that had to be postponed. On June 30th, everything appeared to be going fine. But after re-entering Earth’s atmosphere and a seemingly successful landing in the Soviet Union, officials opened the capsule door to find all three men sitting motionless. They were bleeding from their ears and noses, and appeared to have blue marks all over their faces. Doctors determined that the crew had suffocated to death. When a ventilation valve accidentally jolted open, it caused the pressure equalization seal to loosen. This was the seal that kept the required amount of pressure in the cabin. Once the cabin lost its pressure, it's likely that the cosmonauts died within seconds. The state-controlled Soviet media did not release details of the cause of death for nearly two years after the tragedy. However, there was a memorial placed at the spot where the capsule landed, and a group of hills on Pluto has been named Soyuz Colles in their honor. Despite being in the midst of the Cold War with the United States, U.S. President Richard Nixon released a statement expressing his condolences to the Soviet Union.