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This letter is written to insure that management is fully aware of the seriousness of the current O-ring erosion problem in the SRM joints from an engineering standpoint. . . . If the same scenario should occur in a field...
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On January 27, 1967, the crew of Apollo 1 — Gus Grissom, Ed White, and Roger Chaffee — were lost in a command module cabin fire during a pre-launch plugs-out test at Launch Complex 34, Cape Canaveral. The pure oxygen atmosphere at 16.7 psi turned the cabin into an inferno. The tragedy led to sweeping redesigns of the Apollo spacecraft and forever changed NASA’s approach to crew safety.
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January 16, 2003; STS-107 Space Shuttle Columbia rocketed away towards the heavens from Cape Kennedy Pad LC-39A under the command of Rick D. Husband USAF F-4 Phantom Instructor, Test Pilot, and F-15 Demonstration Pilot. , Shuttle Pilot William C. McCool,...
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On the morning of January 15, 2009, Chesley B. "Sully" Sullenberger was the captain of US Airways Flight 1549 along with First Officer Jeffrey Skiles. As their Airbus A320 was taking off from LaGuardia Airport in New York City, the...
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. Finally, a bombing mission that will leave you feeling fuzzy all over…A massive unprecedented multi-aircraft bombing campaign has been launched in New South Wales that will affect millions. The mission began with public donations used to charter small aircraft...
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