2006-12-05 07:24:16 · 5 answers · asked by fabby_abbi 1 in Science & Mathematics ➔ Astronomy & Space
27/1/67 - 3 astronauts die in Apollo 1 (Gus Grissom, Ed White, & Roger Chaffee) although this was a fire rather than an explosion, but I guess might be classified in the same way.
28/1/86 - Challenger explodes during lift-off - 7 astronauts (Commander Francis R. Scobee, Pilot Michael J. Smith, Mission Specialists Judith A. Resnik, Ellison S. Onizuka, Ronald E. McNair and Payload Specialists Gregory B. Jarvis and Christa McAuliffe)
1/2/03 - Columbia breaks up on re-entry - 7 astronauts (Commander Rick Husband, Pilot Willie McCool, Payload Commander Michael Anderson, Mission Specialists Kalpana Chawla, David Brown, Laurel Clark and Payload Specialist Ilan Ramon)
4 cosmonauts are known to have died in accidents, but these weren't explosions. See wikipedia link below if you want more details about those.
2006-12-05 08:44:32 · answer #1 · answered by Whoosher 5 · 1⤊ 0⤋
17
2006-12-05 15:31:51 · answer #2 · answered by SKYDOGSLIM 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
around 20 astronauts
2006-12-05 15:32:07 · answer #3 · answered by u dont needa noe 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Hi. Seventeen brave astronauts and an unknown (but more than zero) number of brave cosmonauts.
2006-12-05 15:38:13 · answer #4 · answered by Cirric 7 · 2⤊ 0⤋
You need to be specific US astronauts or all astronauts?? Because Russia had this happen a lot more than the US.
2006-12-05 16:02:04 · answer #5 · answered by Guinness Guy 3 · 0⤊ 2⤋