A Major Malfunction: The Fateful Launch Of Challenger
On this day, 28 January, in 1986, one of the worst and most public disasters in U.S. space history unfolded with horrifying suddenness in the skies... Read more →
How ISS Helps Save Lives
If you are reading Space Safety Magazine, you probably know already the International Space Station, the human outpost in low Earth orbit where a... Read more →
Vladimir Komarov and the Tragic Flight of Soyuz 1
Late in April 1967, an unusual announcement was made by the Soviet news agency, Tass. A few days earlier, cosmonaut Vladimir Komarov had been... Read more →
The Crew That Never Flew: The Misfortunes of Soyuz 11 (Part 1)
More than 40 years ago, the world’s first space station—Salyut 1, a “salute” to Yuri Gagarin, the first man in space —was launched into... Read more →
Russian Roulette in Space: The Temporary Demise Of Foton M4
Recently, we had yet another scare about an allegedly malfunctioning satellite. Russia’s Foton M4 recoverable spacecraft didn’t want to listen to... Read more →
ICAO and the Need for Global Tracking in Aviation
2014 has been a difficult year for aviation; July alone saw three fatal commercial airline crashes. Two Malaysia Airlines jets have been lost in... Read more →