In the history of NASA, there have three fatal tragedies: the Apollo I Capsule burned while doing a routine check while still on the ground in 1967; 19 years later in 1986 the Challenger exploded in a fiery and horrifically public display across national television 73 seconds after launch;
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Looking back at NASA's tragedies, looking ahead to challenges: ... For all the parallels linking NASA's three tragedies, the aftermath of the Columbia's loss is subtly different: Apollo 1 caught fire at the very beginning of the Apollo program, and Challenger blew up toward the start of the shuttle program.
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NASA observes a moment of silence across the country and in orbit in memory of the 17 astronauts killed in America’s three spacecraft tragedies. ... Looking back at NASA's tragedies, looking ahead to challenges:
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Forty years ago Saturday, three NASA astronauts died while testing an experimental spacecraft that would one day ferry explorers to the surface of the Moon. ... NASA Commemorates Three Space Tragedies ; By Tariq Malik; Staff Writer; posted: 26 January 2007; 12:00 p.m. ET;
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NASA remembers three space tragedies across its 50-year history this week. ... NASA Remembers Three Space Tragedies ; By Clinton Parks; Space News Staff Writer; posted: 27 January 2008; 08:31 am ET;
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Apollo 1 is not as well-known as some of the other NASA tragedies and, because it happened 42 years ago, many people don’t remember or even know about it.  I doubt that’s true of the events that happened on this day, January 28, 1986, 23 years ago today.  On that day that STS-51L ended 73 seconds after...
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In the end, time will be the true judge on how well we have learned from these tragedies.    Here’s hoping this is truly the last for human spaceflight.  According to our previous Space Shuttle Program Manager , we still have work to do. ... And the scary thing is, NASA isn’t the only institution/company that runs that way.
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NASA engineer Gina Branco was only 12 when her mother was killed in an automobile accident, followed by her father's death three years later. These tragedies did not discourage Branco from pursuing a childhood dream of attending college.
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One of the worst tragedies in the history of spaceflight occurred on January 27, 1967 when the crew of Gus Grissom, Ed White, and Roger Chaffee were killed in a fire in the Apollo Command Module during a preflight test at Cape Canaveral. ... NASA moves Apollo 1 capsule to new storage facility - NASA Press Release,
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