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Max Valier, "first casualty of the modern space age", [92] killed by rocket engine explosion. [93] 2 February 1931: Mount Redoria near Milan, Italy: 1: A liquid fueled, 132-pound (60 kg) meteorological rocket, that was constructed by American physicist, Dr. Darwin Lyon, exploded during tests, killing a mechanic and injuring three others. Dr.
He served as a Space Shuttle payload specialist on STS-107, the fatal mission of Columbia, in which he and the six other crew members were killed when the spacecraft disintegrated during re-entry. At 48, Ramon was the oldest member of the crew.
Deaths that occurred in outer space, i.e., at least 100 km above the Earth's surface. Pages in category "Deaths in space" The following 6 pages are in this category, out of 6 total.
He did not go into space until Dec. 21, 1968, when Apollo 8 lifted off on the first crewed mission to leave Earth orbit and travel 240,000 miles (386,000 km) to the moon.
William Shatner’s flight mate in last month’s historic rocket trip to the edge of space was one of two men killed Thursday in a plane crash in New Jersey.
Andrei Mikoyan was reportedly killed together with a second crew member in an attempt to reach the Moon ahead of the Americans in early 1969. Due to system malfunction, they failed to get into lunar orbit and shot past the Moon. [29] This story, which circulated in 2000, may have been based on the plot of an episode of the television series The ...
When they get lost in the forest, Aslan calls Lucy to lead her siblings to him; some obey more faithfully than others. Aslan helps Peter, Edmund, and Trumpkin the Dwarf to come to Caspian's aid in time to thwart an attempt on his life. Aslan then leads an army of awakened Trees and Maenads to victory against Miraz's Telmarine occupation. He ...
The Last Man on the Moon: Astronaut Eugene Cernan and America's Race in Space. New York: St. Martin's Press. ISBN 978-0-312-26351-5. LCCN 98048206. OCLC 45049476. Evans, Ben (2009). Escaping the Bonds of Earth: The Fifties and the Sixties. Springer-Praxis books in space exploration. New York: Springer. ISBN 978-0-387-79093-0. LCCN 2009925769.