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Mishaps Aboard the Voskhod 2 Spacecraft and How They Almost Killed the Cosmonaut Crew

We are familiar with the space shuttle Challenger disaster and the Apollo 13 explosion in space. However, in their tragic shadows are a few equally horrifying accidents. Space flight is dangerous and requires a bravery that some of us may feel borders on insanity. On March 18, 1965, Cosmonauts Alexei Leonov and Pavel Belyayev sat ...