Successful space flights are common enough these days – enabled by numerous nations, agencies, and corporations – that it is easy to lose sight of just how many hazards must be avoided to pull off a success. The infographic below, courtesy of Space.com, highlights historical examples of when things went wrong at each phase of spaceflight.

Source Space.com: All about our solar system, outer space and exploration
















































































































![A trajectory analysis that used a computational fluid dynamics approach to determine the likely position and velocity histories of the foam (Credits: NASA Ref [1] p61).](https://www.spacesafetymagazine.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/05/fluid-dynamics-trajectory-analysis-50x50.jpg)



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