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Learn about the causes, consequences and investigations of the 1986 accident that killed seven crew members and ended the Teacher In Space project. The disaster was caused by the failure of the O-ring seals in the right solid rocket booster due to cold weather and wind shear.
After the ban of nuclear weapons in space by the Outer Space Treaty in 1967, nuclear power has been discussed at least since 1972 as a sensitive issue by states. [8] Space nuclear power sources may experience accidents during launch, operation, and end-of-service phases, resulting in the exposure of nuclear power sources to extreme physical conditions and the release of radioactive materials ...
A former research and development facility for rocket engines, nuclear reactors, and liquid metals in Ventura County, California. Learn about its history, environmental impacts, and controversies from this comprehensive Wikipedia article.
A list of verifiable spaceflight-related accidents and incidents resulting in human death or serious injury, including the Space Shuttle Challenger disaster in 1986. The article also covers fatalities above and below the Kármán line, and memorials for the fallen astronauts and cosmonauts.
Globally, there have been at least 99 (civilian and military) recorded nuclear power plant accidents from 1952 to 2009 (defined as incidents that either resulted in the loss of human life or more than US$50,000 of property damage, the amount the US federal government uses to define nuclear energy accidents that must be reported), totaling US$20.5 billion in property damages.
STS-51-L was the fatal 25th mission of NASA's Space Shuttle program and the final flight of Challenger. It failed to achieve orbit due to the failure of an O-ring seal on the starboard Solid Rocket Booster, killing all seven crew members and destroying the orbiter.
The demon core was a sphere of plutonium that was tested as a fissile core of an atomic bomb in 1945 and 1946. Two physicists, Harry Daghlian and Louis Slotin, died from acute radiation syndrome after accidentally causing the core to go supercritical in experiments with neutron reflectors.
STS-107 was the 113th and last flight of Space Shuttle Columbia, which ended in disaster on February 1, 2003. The crew conducted scientific experiments in orbit, but the mission was cut short by a foam debris impact that damaged the thermal protection system.