{"product_id":"book-nnp0","title":"NASA’s Deadly Accidents","description":"\u003cp\u003eAs Apollo 11’s name suggests, there were actually a number of Apollo missions that came before, many of which included testing the rockets and different orbital and lunar modules in orbit. In fact, it wasn’t until Apollo 8 that a manned vehicle was sent towards the Moon and back, and before that mission, the most famous Apollo mission was Apollo 1, albeit for all the wrong reasons. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThere were no delusions regarding the dangers of manned space travel, but they were brought home on January 27, 1967, when all three astronauts were killed by a fire that ignited in the cabin during a launch rehearsal. To this day, there is still debate over what ignited the fire, but the disaster made clear that the modules being used by NASA had a series of fatal flaws. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\tIn the decades after the Apollo program, American space shuttles flew over 130 missions and successfully completed over 98% of them, but unfortunately, the two most famous missions were the ones that ended tragically aboard the \u003cem\u003eChallenger \u003c\/em\u003eand \u003cem\u003eColumbia\u003c\/em\u003e. The Space Shuttle \u003cem\u003eChallenger\u003c\/em\u003e was the most heavily used space shuttle in the three years it was operational, carrying the first minority astronaut and woman astronaut into space. \u003cem\u003eChallenger\u003c\/em\u003e was also the first space shuttle to complete a landing at night. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\tThe notorious date of the \u003cem\u003eChallenger \u003c\/em\u003edisaster was commemorated by the crew of the \u003cem\u003eColumbia \u003c\/em\u003ewhile they were in space in 2003, and a few days later, on February 1, the \u003cem\u003eColumbia\u003c\/em\u003e was due to land at the Kennedy Space Center in Florida at 09:16. Only a few members of the press were present to watch the landing - this was, after all, supposed to be a routine return from a routine mission, the 113th for the shuttle program and the 28th for \u003cem\u003eColumbia\u003c\/em\u003e, one of the oldest Space Shuttles.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Findaway World, LLC","offers":[{"title":"Audiobook","offer_id":49843830128944,"sku":"BDnnp0","price":7.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0879\/2784\/9264\/files\/737118-nnp0-Square.jpg?v=1747890715","url":"https:\/\/downpour.com\/products\/book-nnp0","provider":"Downpour","version":"1.0","type":"link"}