space vehicle accidents

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Space disasters

1999
Describes the accidents which occurred during the space flights of the Apollo 1, Apollo 13, and Challenger, as well as the Soviet space flight accidents.

Too far from home

a story of life and death in space
2007
Recounts the dangerous realities of space travel, describing the many events that could cause an astronaut's death and chronicling the efforts of Russian and American Mission Controls to bring back three astronauts left orbiting Earth in the Space Station after the "Columbia" exploded on February 1, 2003.

The Challenger

1990
Examines the Challenger disaster from a scientific and historic perspective and discusses its effect on the space shuttle program.

The Challenger disaster

2003
Recounts events surrounding the explosion of the space shuttle Challenger in 1986, the first shuttle to carry a civilian passenger, and discusses the impact of this disaster on the United States space program.

Apollo 13

2000
Recounts how after only fifty hours into its flight to the moon, the "Apollo 13" spaceship was rocked by an explosion, and tells how the ship was brought under control and the crew was safely returned to Earth.

"What do you care what other people think?"

further adventures of a curious character
2001
Presents an autobiography of physicist and Nobel Prize winner, Richard Feynman, as he recounts his life with his late wife, his investigation of the Challenger disaster, and his work on the atomic bomb.

Cyborg superman

2013
When an unusual solar flare damages his space shuttle and causes astronaut Hank Henshaw and his crew--including his wife--to mutate, he blames Superman and as his surviving consciousness learns to fuse with technology he vows revenge.

The Apollo 13 mission

2006
Tells the story of the "Apollo 13" near-disaster in graphic novel format, describing the treacherous journey home of three American astronauts after an explosion on board their spacecraft.

The Apollo 13 mission

surviving an explosion in space
2002
Chronicles the treacherous Apollo 13 mission, during which three U.S. astronauts fought to survive for four days after an oxygen tank exploded on their spacecraft.

The Challenger space shuttle explosion

2007
Presents photographs and first-person accounts of the January 28, 1986 Space Shuttle Challenger explosion, and profiles some of the crew members including Christa McAuliffe, the first school teacher chosen for space flight.

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