Spaceflight has always been an incredibly precarious and dangerous venture. It punishes the smallest mistakes and any rushed decisions, which can lead to warnings and disaster. Much of NASA’s existence has relied on experimentation and research, where disasters have paved the way for future missions.
Some of the space administration’s missions vanished without much fanfare, while others became public tragedies that permanently changed engineering and astronaut safety. So, which of NASA’s missions faced the axe? Click on to find out.