{"id":6240,"date":"2014-01-28T22:06:04","date_gmt":"2014-01-28T22:06:04","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/hobbyspace.com\/Blog\/?p=6240"},"modified":"2014-01-28T22:37:26","modified_gmt":"2014-01-28T22:37:26","slug":"anniversaries-of-space-disasters","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/hobbyspace.com\/Blog\/?p=6240","title":{"rendered":"Anniversaries of space disasters"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>January 27th marked the 47 year anniversary of the <a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Apollo_1\" target=\"_blank\">Apollo 1 fire<\/a> that killed astronauts\u00a0\u00a0Gus Grissom, Ed White, and Roger Chaffee. Today, January 28th, is the 28 year anniversary of the deaths of seven people in the\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Challenger_disaster\" target=\"_d\">Space Shuttle Challenger disaster<\/a>. On Saturday February 1st, it will be 9 years since seven more space travelers died in the <a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Space_Shuttle_Columbia_disaster\" target=\"_d\">Space Shuttle Columbia disaster<\/a>.\u00a0Here is a sampling of articles and commentary about these events:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a style=\"line-height: 1.5em;\" href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Apollo_1\" target=\"_blank\">Apollo 1 fire<\/a><span style=\"line-height: 1.5em;\">:<\/span>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/pjmedia.com\/tatler\/2014\/01\/26\/apollo-1-astronauts-did-not-die-in-vain\/?singlepage=true\" target=\"_d\">Apollo 1 Astronauts Did Not Die in Vain &#8211; The PJ Tatler<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.space.com\/24443-gus-grissom.html\" target=\"_d\">Gus Grissom: Apollo 1 Astronaut &#8211; Space.com<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/news.discovery.com\/space\/history-of-space\/blocked-out-how-nasa-chose-apollos-command-module-140117.htm\" target=\"_d\">Blocked Out: How NASA Chose Apollo&#8217;s Command Module &#8211; Discovery News<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.universetoday.com\/108666\/remembering-apollo-1s-tragic-anniversary-it-was-too-late-from-the-beginning\/\" target=\"_d\">Remembering Apollo 1\u2032s Tragic Anniversary: \u2018It Was Too Late From The Beginning\u2019 &#8211; Universe Today<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Challenger_disaster\" target=\"_d\">Challenger disaster<\/a>:\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.space.com\/24438-challenger-lessons-learned.html\" target=\"_d\">Challenger was a Setback and a Lesson | U.S. Leadership in Space is an Ongoing Mission &#8211; Hugh Harris\/Space.com<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.universetoday.com\/108671\/obviously-a-major-malfunction-today-is-anniversary-of-challengers-explosion\/\" target=\"_d\">\u2018Obviously A Major Malfunction\u2019: Today Is Anniversary of Challenger\u2019s Explosion &#8211; Universe Today<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.huffingtonpost.com\/2014\/01\/28\/space-shuttle-challenger-home-video_n_4677745.html\" target=\"_d\">Challenger Disaster Home Video Surfaces After 28 Years (EXCLUSIVE) &#8211; Huffington Post<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.scienceworldreport.com\/articles\/12484\/20140128\/space-shuttle-challenger-remembering-crew-lost-spacecraft.htm\" target=\"_d\">Space Shuttle &#8220;Challenger&#8221;: Remembering the Crew Lost on the Spacecraft &#8211; scienceworldreport.com<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.spacesafetymagazine.com\/2014\/01\/28\/missed-warnings-fatal-flaws-doomed-challenger\/\" target=\"_d\">Missed Warnings: The Fatal Flaws Which Doomed Challenger &#8211; Space Safety Magazine<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/articles.orlandosentinel.com\/2014-01-27\/features\/os-nasa-astronaut-deaths-012714_1_christa-mcauliffe-nasa-gregory-jarvis\" target=\"_d\">NASA astronaut deaths: Remembering the crews of Apollo 1, Space Shuttle Challenger and Space Shuttle Columbia &#8211; Orlando Sentinel<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/blog.chron.com\/sciguy\/2014\/01\/take-a-moment-today-to-remember-our-nations-fallen-astronauts\/?cmpid=hpts\" target=\"_d\">Take a moment today to remember our nation\u2019s fallen astronauts &#8211; SciGuy\/Houston Chronicle<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.slate.com\/blogs\/bad_astronomy\/2014\/01\/28\/repost_anniversaries_of_deaths_in_space_exploration.html\" target=\"_d\">Anniversaries of deaths in space exploration &#8211; Phil Plait\/Slate Magazine<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>For more resources, see <a href=\"http:\/\/www.hobbyspace.com\/History\/history3.html#Disasters\" target=\"_d\">HobbySpace &#8211; Space History &#8211; Part 3 &#8211; Space Disasters<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>January 27th marked the 47 year anniversary of the Apollo 1 fire that killed astronauts\u00a0\u00a0Gus Grissom, Ed White, and Roger Chaffee. Today, January 28th, is the 28 year anniversary of the deaths of seven people in the\u00a0Space Shuttle Challenger disaster. On Saturday February 1st, it will be 9 years since seven more space travelers died &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/hobbyspace.com\/Blog\/?p=6240\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Anniversaries of space disasters<\/span> <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[37,6],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-6240","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-events","category-history"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p34aWK-1CE","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":12116,"url":"https:\/\/hobbyspace.com\/Blog\/?p=12116","url_meta":{"origin":6240,"position":0},"title":"Challenger, Columbia, and Apollo 1 remembered","author":"TopSpacer","date":"January 28, 2016","format":false,"excerpt":"The end of January and the beginning of February bring anniversaries of US space program catastrophes.\u00a0Today marks 30 years since the Space Shuttle Challenger disaster\u00a0that led to the deaths of\u00a0Francis R. 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