Disaster In Space. This disaster marks the only time in human history that people died in actual space and the three cosmonauts who perished also set a then record for longest time spent in a space station at 22 days. The columbia disaster was the second that occurred during nasa s space shuttle program after the challenger also causing widespread sadness and concerns about the space programs.
But this achievement comes at a great cost the cost of the lives of extremely talented astronauts and cosmonauts. On january 28 1986 the tenth mission of the space shuttle challenger ended in tragic disaster. Three astronauts were strapped inside their small spacecraft apollo 13.
The columbia disaster was the second that occurred during nasa s space shuttle program after the challenger also causing widespread sadness and concerns about the space programs.
Launching on april 5 1975 and carrying cosmonauts vasili lazarev and oleg makarov soyuz 18a turned out to be another disaster for the russian space program. Apollo 13 sat atop a 360 foot tall rocket packed with millions of pounds of fuel. The accident was caused during liftoff by the breaking off of a piece of foam that was intended to absorb and insulate the fuel tank. But this achievement comes at a great cost the cost of the lives of extremely talented astronauts and cosmonauts.
