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Three of the flights had flown above the Kármán line (edge of space), and one was intended to do so. In each of these accidents, the entire crew was killed. As of December 2023, a total of 676 people have flown into space and 19 of them have died. This sets the current statistical fatality rate at 2.8 percent.
Deep Space 4 (a.k.a. Champollion) [3] [4] Voyager 3 - 1970s; ... List of NASA missions; List of extraterrestrial memorials This page was last edited on 28 ...
Space Shuttle Columbia disaster (1 C, 13 P) Pages in category "Space missions that ended in failure" The following 14 pages are in this category, out of 14 total.
At present, safety standards for private space missions aren't regulated by U.S. law and private operators aren't required to disclose mishaps in orbit because of a moratorium approved by Congress ...
Space missions that ended in failure (2 C, 14 P) Successful space missions (1 C, 44 P) This page was last edited on 21 January 2025, at 01:16 (UTC). Text is ...
Apollo 13 stands as one of NASA's most monumental and near-fatal space missions decades after the event. Launched in 1970, what was meant to be the third moon landing became a desperate fight for ...
Failed attempt at sample return; damaged on landing. Operated for 3 days on the surface. Luna 24: USSR: 18 August 1976: Robotic sample return. Hiten: Japan: 10 April 1993: Lunar orbiter, intentionally crashed at end of mission. Lunar Prospector: USA: 31 July 1999
Many other planned missions were canceled due to the late development of the shuttle, and the Challenger and Columbia disasters. Four missions were cut short by a day or more while in orbit: STS-2 (equipment failure), [22] STS-35 (weather), [102] STS-44 (equipment failure), [193] and STS-83 (equipment failure, relaunched as STS-94). [193]