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The death of Michael J. Adams on-board the X-15-3 rocket plane is internationally recognized as a spaceflight accident.
A. False
B. True
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- The death of Michael J. Adams on-board the X-15-3 rocket plane is internationally recognized as a spaceflight accident.
- On 23 March 1961, Valentin Bondarenko was training in a special low pressure chamber filled with pure oxygen. An unexpected occurrence killed Bondarenko, making him the first space related casualty. What caused his death?
- The Soviets, having lost the race for the Moon, redirected their efforts towards the construction of space stations. They became quite good at this uneasy task, but also experienced a great deal of problems. Due to a fatal malfunction of a valve, all three crew members of this space station died.
- Đ?n oxygen tank in the service module of Apollo 13 exploded, when the spacecraft was 199,995 miles (321,860 km) away from Earth. However, all crewmembers returned home safely.
- The European Space Agency (ECA) had some setbacks too. Two workers died, while inspecting the umbilical mast of the launch pad of Ariane 5. Later, Luc Celle and Jean-Claude Dhainaut were reported to have died of asphyxiation, because of a nitrogen leak. When did this accident take place?
- On October 24, 1960 a rocket exploded on a launchpad at Baikonur Cosmodrome. Fortunately there were no casualties.
- In the 70s NASA began a project to create a reusable space vehicle and the first Shuttle, Columbia, was launched in 1981. Five years later, on 28 January 1986, Space Shuttle Challenger exploded 73 seconds after launch. Challenger was the first flight of the TISP program. What does TISP stand for?
- On 1 February Space Shuttle Columbia re-entered Earths atmosphere after completing its 16-day mission. All vehicle data was lost at 207,135 ft above the Earth at Mach 18.3 (about 12,500 mph) when the Columbia Space Shuttle broke up over north-central Texas. What nationalities were the 7 brave astronauts on board Columbia?
- Which church official commissioned Michelangelo, to paint the ceiling of the Sistine Chapel, the residence of the Pope in the Vatican city?
- Jacques Cartier, a notable discoverer of the Renaissance period, was the first French explorer to reach Quebec in which year?
- This English Renaissance musician was one of the first composers to write anthems set to English words?
- This Italian poet, considered one of the fathers of the Renaissance, is also regarded as the father of alpinism.
- The statue of David, the first free-standing nude statue since ancient times, was created by the Renaissance sculptor Donatello from what material?
- Which Renaissance mapmaker was the first to make a map of the British Isles?
- This Renaissance typographer established the Aldine Press, famous for the introduction of the Italics?
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