Outer Space Gone Wrong:  Space Travel Disasters According to Hollywood movies, outer space is a terrifying and dangerous place. It’s a strange mixture of darkness, hostile conditions, and the constant threat of extra-terrestrial attack. And that’s after battling the elements to get there in the first place.  Although romanticized by movies, did you know that the threat of space travel disasters are still very real. Since Yuri Gargarin’s 1961 voyage through the stratosphere, 18 cosmonauts have been killed in four separate space missions. In America alone, of the 5 space shuttles built, 2 failed catastrophically during flight resulting in the deaths of all

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