Space Shuttle Accidents

The space shuttle columbia disaster was a fatal incident in the united states space program that occurred on february 1 2003 when the space shuttle columbia ov 102 disintegrated as it reentered the atmosphere killing all seven crew members the disaster was the second fatal accident in the space shuttle program after the 1986 breakup of challenger soon after liftoff.

Space shuttle accidents. This space disaster took place in 2003 and was one of the most shocking since it came after the shuttle had completed its mission on the way to re entry into the atmosphere of earth. Crew crew of the challenger 51 l mission. Back row left to right ellison onizuka christa mcauliffe gregory jarvis and judith resnik. Space shuttle challenger disaster.

Front row left to right michael smith francis dick scobee ronald mcnair november 1985. The space shuttle challenger disaster was a fatal incident in the united states space program that occurred on january 28 1986 when the space shuttle challenger ov 099 broke apart 73 seconds into its flight killing all seven crew members aboard. The o rings for the shuttle s solid rocket boosters were redesigned after the challenger disaster. This article lists verifiable spaceflight related accidents and incidents resulting in human fatality or near fatality during flight or training for crewed space missions and testing assembly preparation or flight of crewed and robotic spacecraft.