Sentence examples for launch accident from inspiring English sources

Last October, another supply ship was destroyed in a launch accident.

The destruction of Columbia followed by almost exactly 17 years the loss of Challenger in a launch accident on Jan . 28 , 1986

China lost a U.S.-built communications satellite, Apstar-2, in a launch accident in January that killed six people on the ground as debris fell from the sky.

Firing waste into the nuclear fireball of the sun, meanwhile, would be astonishingly expensive, and a launch accident could spread radioactive material over a wide area.

Destruction of the Columbia followed by almost exactly 17 years the loss of the Challenger in a launch accident on Jan . 28 , 1986

It was also found that a thick reflector is required to keep the reactor subcritical during launch accident scenarios involving a loss of the reflector and the control rods.

But I don't know if that it is something the public would accept because of the possibility of launch accidents.

And loss of this module in a launching accident, which would further delay construction and drive up costs, could mean political death for the project, some say.

If the service module is further delayed, or lost in a launching accident, the American unit could fly by the end of this year or early in 2001, Mr. Herring said.

A major priority of the new program will be safety, he said, and developing technology that will virtually eliminate any risk to the public if something goes wrong, like a launching accident.

Iridium was also the client for SpaceX's first mission of 2017 back in January – its first flight following a pre-launch accident last September that cost it its rocket and the payload, a Facebook internet satellite.