https://padlet.com/thespacegeekiv/5014qq45jw8p en-us 2016-04-21 00:12:54 UTC 2026-01-09 01:10:01 UTC hello@padlet.com https://padletuploads.blob.core.windows.net/aws/109741850/0134deceff237fdcaebd170206568b05ff6ab458/810435d29bb3a51fcb6d7423249457a9.jpg thespacegeekiv https://padlet.com/thespacegeekiv/5014qq45jw8p/wish/106899157 The crew of Soyuz 11 had an unsuccessful return when a leak in the command module of the Soyuz capsule. The three crew, whom did not know and were not informed that there was a problem, perished when one of the rivet holes leaked oxygen. The communications were cut from the mission control during re-entry so no one knew that the cosmonauts were dead until the ground crew reached the capsule for recovery. Attempts were made to revive the crew, but they  were dead within 150 km so there was no chance for the crew to survive.]]> 2016-04-21 00:14:03 UTC https://padlet.com/thespacegeekiv/5014qq45jw8p/wish/106899157 thespacegeekiv https://padlet.com/thespacegeekiv/5014qq45jw8p/wish/107665397 On July 2nd 2013 a Russian Proton-M rocket launched from Baikonour Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan. The rocket started to tilt a few seconds into flight and after trying to correct itself, overcompensated and begun flying sideways before crashing. The gyroscopic engine nozzle accounted for the problem when it's gyroscope tilted over to balance the rocket too rapidly and on a very steep angle. The rocket was carrying 3 Glonass satellites, all of which were destroyed. The rocket also released some harmful chemicals which could have been a threat to the city of Baikonour but it was raining and the condensation probably stopped the clouds from forming that far.]]> 2016-04-25 22:52:40 UTC https://padlet.com/thespacegeekiv/5014qq45jw8p/wish/107665397 thespacegeekiv https://padlet.com/thespacegeekiv/5014qq45jw8p/wish/107667808 Valentin Bonderenko was a cosmonaut in training when he died at 24 years of age when he was being let out of the Vostok test chamber after enduring a 10 day trial. The cosmonaut accidentally threw an alcohol soaked cotton ball onto an electric hotplate. This quickly ignited the small test room. A severely burnt Bonderenko was transported to a Moscow where he died of his burns later on. His death was a reminder to people that even in training, astronauts must be careful and even the unexpected can happen in an instant. Even so however, this disaster was still called: the fire that may have saved Apollo 1]]> 2016-04-25 23:26:00 UTC https://padlet.com/thespacegeekiv/5014qq45jw8p/wish/107667808 thespacegeekiv https://padlet.com/thespacegeekiv/5014qq45jw8p/wish/107915817 Boris Volynov's return to Earth was a scary one. He was the lone cosmonaut aboard Soyuz 5, which successfully docked with Soyuz 4 earlier. The service module of Soyuz 5 failed to separate and the command module's thinnest end started taking the heat of re-entry. The capsule then started to burn and the force of re-entry broke the service module off of the command module. The force of this eject made the command module of Soyuz 5 flip around and the proper side, the one covered in heat resistant tiles, started taking the agonizing heat of re-entry. The lines of the parachute were tangled by the re-entry but helped slow the spacecraft down. The force of the impact tore him from his seat, threw him across the cabin, and knocked out several of his top front teeth. The cold seeped into the capsule as the outside was -38 degrees Celsius. He had landed just before noon, and the weather was clear. Only a few kilometers away, he found the hut of peasants who took him in and kept him warm until searchers, following his footprints and the bloody spots where he had spit in the snow, found him. ]]> 2016-04-27 00:32:05 UTC https://padlet.com/thespacegeekiv/5014qq45jw8p/wish/107915817