Disasters and Accidents in Manned Spaceflight

rk wrote:
Return from Space
Overview: Liberty Bell 7; Aurora 7; Soyuz 5; Apollo 15; Apollo-Soyuz
Test Project; Soyuz 23; STS 51-D
The Soyuz 1 landing accident
Soyuz 11 decompression

STS 107 isn't covered in this? Come to think of it Voskhod 2 had a bit of
adventure during its return home. Of course cosmonauts having to fend off
wolves is more of an Earth-bound problem.

I spotted this book last week at a Barnes and Noble. Didn't have time to give
it a look, though I plan to now.

-A.L.

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rk wrote:
Return from Space
Overview: Liberty Bell 7; Aurora 7; Soyuz 5; Apollo 15;
Apollo-Soyuz
Test Project; Soyuz 23; STS 51-D
The Soyuz 1 landing accident
Soyuz 11 decompression

STS 107 isn't covered in this?

How could it, unless the author was psychic? The book was published in
2000.

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Just finished a good book and thought that I'd recommend it.

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Disasters and Accidents in Manned Spaceflight

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Return from Space
Overview: Liberty Bell 7; Aurora 7; Soyuz 5; Apollo 15; Apollo-Soyuz
Test Project; Soyuz 23; STS 51-D
The Soyuz 1 landing accident
Soyuz 11 decompression

I don't remember the issue with Apollo 15 on reentry -
guess I will have to finish Dave Scott's recent book for that incident.

gb

On Sat, 15 Jan 2005 19:45:10 -0600, "gb"
wrote:

I don't remember the issue with Apollo 15 on reentry -

....Dumped RCS propellants severed part of the 'chute lines, which
allowed the 'chute to collapse and fail to provide full braking on
descent. A15 landed a bit harder as a result.

OM

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JRF wrote:
How could it, unless the author was psychic? The book was published in
2000.

Ah, as I'd just sighted the book on the shelves and I assumed it was a new
release. My bad.

-A.L.

Sorry, but my memory needs refreshing; what was the STS 51-D re-entry
problem?

wrote:
Sorry, but my memory needs refreshing; what was the STS 51-D re-entry
problem?

A tire suffered shredding and break damage on landing at KSC. This caused a
redesign of the tire/break system and resulted in landings being diverted to
the dry lake bed at Edwards until the modifications were implemented.

-A.L.