NASA holds a Day of Remembrance to pay respect to the lives lost while working to further the understanding of space. This includes the crews of Apollo 1, Challenger and Columbia.
While SpaceX lost the upper stage of its new Starship in a flight test, the futuristic spacecraft presages a spaceflight revolution, says a leading U.S. space scholar.
Here’s a look at space accidents that have affected astronauts or other staff related to spaceflight. Accidents that involved unmanned spacecraft are not included. Timeline October 24, 1960 – The ...