List of spaceflight-related accidents and incidents

Not included are accidents or incidents associated with intercontinental ballistic missile (ICBM) tests, fatality or injury to test animals, uncrewed space flights, rocket-powered aircraft projects of World War II, or conspiracy theories about alleged unreported Soviet space accidents.[1][2] Astronauts have also died while training for space missions, such as the Apollo 1 launch pad fire that killed an entire crew of three.Cosmonauts who died on duty under the Soviet Union were generally honored by burial at the Kremlin Wall Necropolis in Moscow.Near the top of the column on each side is the engraved image of the face of a crew member set into a stylized triangle.Spaceflight-related accidents and incidents during assembly, testing, and preparation for flight of crewed and uncrewed spacecraft have occasionally resulted in injuries or the loss of craft since the earliest days of space programs.
Space Shuttle Challenger breaks up during its 1986 launch resulting in the death of all seven crew members.
Astronauts Memorial Plaque at Cape Canaveral (2015)
The Fallen Astronaut memorial on the Moon includes the names of most of the known astronauts and cosmonauts who were killed before 1971
Space exposureSpace Shuttle Challenger breaks upintercontinental ballistic missilerocket-powered aircraftWorld War IIconspiracy theories about alleged unreported Soviet space accidentsApollo 1Cape CanaveralFallen AstronautDead AstronautsKármán lineSpace Mirror MemorialKennedy Space Center Visitor ComplexMerritt Island, FloridaSoviet UnionKremlin Wall NecropolisMoscowSoyuz 11Georgy DobrovolskyViktor PatsayevVladislav Volkovspace stationSalyut 1KarazhalKaragandaKazakhstanBaikonurSoyuz 1Vladimir Komarovparachuteatmospheric reentryProvince of OrenburgRussian FederationOrenburgX-15 Flight 3-65-97Michael J. Adamsapogeeastronaut wingsSpace Shuttle Challenger disasterSTS-51-LGregory JarvisChrista McAuliffeRonald McNairEllison OnizukaJudith ResnikMichael J. SmithDick ScobeeChallengerO-ringsolid rocket booster (SRB)external propellant tankhypoxiacockpitBrevard County, FloridaSpace Shuttle Columbia disasterSTS-107Rick D. HusbandWilliam C. McCoolMichael P. AndersonDavid M. 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WilliamsCape KennedyHoustonTallahasseePete ConradRichard GordonManned Orbiting LaboratoryRobert Henry Lawrence Jr.African-AmericanF-104 StarfighterEdwards Air Force BaseCaliforniaSergei VozovikovBlack SeaSpaceplane crash during test flightVSS EnterpriseMichael AlsburyPeter SieboldSpaceShipTwoVostok 1Vostok service modulereentry moduleMercury-Redstone 4Atlantic OceanGus GrissomSOFAR bombSpace suitVoskhod 2spacewalkAlexei Leonovthe bendsGemini 6AGemini 7Gemini 8Neil ArmstrongSoyuz 5Ural MountainsApollo 12Alan Beansplashed downconcussionApollo 13Saturn Vparking orbittranslunar injectionpogo oscillationLunar ModuleApollo 15Soyuz 18aG-forcesApollo–Soyuznitrogen tetroxideoxidizerVance BrandThomas StaffordDeke SlaytonHawaiiX-raysSoyuz 23Soyuz 33Soyuz engineNikolai RukavishnikovBulgarianGeorgi IvanovSpace ShuttleJohn YoungRobert CrippenSoyuz T-10-1Edwards AFBauxiliary power unitshydrazineSTS-51-Fmain enginesflight controllerMir EP-3Vladimir LyakhovAfghanAbdul Ahad MohmandSoyuz TM-5STS-27AtlantisCanadarmSTS-37extravehicular activityJay Aptextravehicular mobility unitSTS-51Progress M-24ProgressSoyuz TM-21Norman E. 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