Spaceflight non-fatal training accidents

Test pilot Stuart Present ejects safely from the Lunar Landing Training Vehicle. Neil Armstrong also made such an ejection. (NASA)

This article lists verifiable spaceflight-related accidents and incidents resulting in non-fatality during training for manned space missions, and testing, assembly, preparation or flight of manned and unmanned spacecraft.

List

1960-1969

1970-1979

1980-1989

1990-1999

2000-2009

2010-2019

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See also

References

  1. "Jet Moon Flight Trainer Crashes", St. Petersburg, FL Times newspaper, May 7, 1968
  2. "Moon Lander Crashes In Final Major Test", Oxnard, CA - The Press-Courier, Dec. 9, 1968
  3. "Test Pilot Ejects Safely As Lunar Lander Crashes", Toledo Blade newspaper, Jan. 30, 1971
  4. "Kartashov", Encyclopedia Astronautica, Dec 26, 2010
  5. "The first Soviet cosmonaut team: their lives, legacy, and historical impact ", by Colin Burgess and Rex Hall, pg 353, published by Praxis 2010
  6. "Biography of Pavel Belyayev", Russian Federal Space Agency, Jan 2, 2011
  7. "Astronauts In Close Call", Montreal Gazette newspaper, Sep 5, 1961
  8. "Grissom Walks Away From Hard Landing", Ocala, FL - Gazette newspaper, Oct 24, 1962
  9. "Astronaut Lands Fast in 'Hot" Jet", Spokane, WA - Spokesman-Review newspaper, March 17, 1963
  10. "Astronaut Falls On Lava Bed In Simulated Walk On Moon", Toledo, OH - Blade newspaper, Aug 26, 1964
  11. "Astronaut Takes Spill In Test Of Moon Gear", Palm Beach, FL - Post newspaper, Aug 26, 1964
  12. "Astronauts Safe in Bad Landing", Milwaukee Journal newspaper, Nov 14, 1964
  13. "Explosion at Space Center Injures One", St. Joseph, MO - News-Press newspaper, Jan 16, 1966
  14. "NASA Manned Spacecraft Center - 1966 Press Releases", MSC 65-12, January 27, 1966, PDF page 30 accessed 5 Jan, 2011
  15. "Astronauts' Flight Halted, Aircraft's Engines Fail on Takeoff", Reading, PA - Eagle newspaper', Jul 19, 1966
  16. "Soviet urges space cooperation", Lawrence Journal-World newspaper, Oct 16, 1990
  17. "Biography of Georgiy Grechko", Russian Federal Space Agency, Jan 2, 2011
  18. "Sinus Case Grounds One Astronaut", St. Joseph Gazette newspaper, May 16, 1968
  19. "NASA Manned Spacecraft Center - 1968 Press Releases", MSC 68-73, September 27, 1968, PDF page 134 accessed 5 Jan, 2011
  20. "Biography of Vladimir Kovalyonok", Russian Federal Space Agency, Jan 2, 2011
  21. "A helicopter, piloted by scientist-astronaut Edward Gibson, flipped over during a landing", Reading, PA - Eagle newspaper', August 3, 1969
  22. "Astronaut Gibson Is Example of Living Paradox in Program", Lewiston, Maine - Daily Sun newspaper', Nov 16, 1973
  23. "Astronaut has close call", Richland, WA - Tri-City Herald newspaper, Aug 17, 1969
  24. "Astronaut Cernan Survives Helicopter Crash In River", Spartanburg, SC - Herald-Journal, Jan. 24, 1971
  25. Check-Six.com - The 1971 Crash of Gene Cernan's Helo
  26. "Jet takeoff aborted, astronaut not hurt", Windsor Star newspaper, Apr 3, 1971
  27. "Moon man's jet crashes", Richland, WA - Tri-City Herald newspaper, May 11, 1972
  28. "NASA Manned Spacecraft Center - 1972 Press Releases ", Release No: 72-98 Conrad Ejects Safely From T-38, May 10, 1972, PDF page 254; accessed 5 Jan, 2011
  29. "NASA Manned Spacecraft Center - 1973 Press Releases ", Release No: 73-91 T-38 Accident Report, July 3, 1973, PDF page 188; accessed 5 Jan, 2011
  30. "Astronaut Karl Henize escaped injury in T-38 landing mishap", Florence, Alabama - Times Daily newspaper, Feb 7, 1974
  31. "Astronautics and Aeronautics, 1974 A Chronology", NASA SP-4019, pg 28, accessed online, Jan 31, 2011
  32. "Disasters and Accidents In Manned Spaceflight, By David Shayler; pg 70", Published by Springer, 2000
  33. "Soyuz: a universal spacecraft By Rex Hall, David Shayler; pg 426", Published by Springer, 2003
  34. "Biography of Alexander Viktorenko", Russian Federal Space Agency, Jan 2, 2011
  35. "Lightning hits plane piloted by astronaut", Spokane Chronicle newspaper, May 22, 1982
  36. "Bolt Jolts Fullerton", Milwaukee Sentinel newspaper, May 22, 1982
  37. "Astronaut not hurt", Hendersonville, NC - Times-News newspaper, Dec 2, 1982
  38. "Bird scraps pre-shuttle flight", Cape Girardeau, MO - Bulletin-Journal newspaper, Apr 5, 1984
  39. "Astronaut Avoids Crash In Calif. Neighborhood", Schenectady, NY - Gazette newspaper, Feb 25, 1987
  40. "Astronaut flying to Washington has close call with Pan Am Airbus", Fredericksburg, VA - Free Lance Star newspaper, May 17, 1989
  41. "Violations ground two veteran shuttle commanders", Eugene Register-Guard newspaper, July 10, 1990
  42. "Johnson Space Center Press release - RELEASE NO. 93-032, Astronaut Seddon Injured During Training; May 4, 1993; accessed online 5 Jan, 2010
  43. "One astronaut fought frostbite to stay in lineup", Fredericksburg, VA - Free Lance-Star newspaper, Aug 17, 1993
  44. "Astronaut collapses", Lodi, CA - News-Sentinel newspaper, Nov 4, 1994
  45. "Report: Astronaut Dunbar nearly died from reaction to an experimental drug", Gadsden, Alabama - Times newspaper, July 9, 1995
  46. "Sprained ankle causes delay of shuttle launch", Ocala Star-Banner newspaper, Mar 30, 2000
  47. "NASA ties bolt to training scare", Florida Today newspaper (article reprinted on the International Aviation Safety Association website), Feb 7, 2004
  48. "NASA Jet Sheds Parts Over Florida", AVweb website, February 9, 2004
  49. "Private rocket plane goes supersonic in test", Lodi, CA - Sentinel newspaper, Dec 18, 2003
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