Space malfunctions

An imaginary junkyard on the moon. Illustration: Avi Blizovsky via DALEE. The image is for illustrative purposes only and is not a scientific image.

Commentary: Parallels between iSpace's landing failure and SpaceIL's "Beresheet" mission

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The failure of the second lunar mission by the Japanese company ispace brings back memories of the dramatic crash of the Israeli probe "Beresheet" in 2019. Both missions, which have their roots in the Google Lunar XPRIZE competition, reached the moon – but did not
Cosmic scene with DNA, stars, solvents and atomic circles in oral flow.

Second failure for Japanese iSpace: Resilience probe crashes during moon landing

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The model of Venera-4 at the Cosmonautics Memorial Museum resembles a landing capsule re-entering the Earth's atmosphere. Photo: ESA

The Cosmos 482 spacecraft crashed in the Indian Ocean near Indonesia.

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The spacecraft was designed to survive the dense atmosphere of Venus, so there was concern that it would burn up in the atmosphere and that if it had landed on land it could have caused severe damage. Fortunately, it landed in the sea.
The model of Venera-4 at the Cosmonautics Memorial Museum resembles a landing capsule re-entering the Earth's atmosphere. Photo: ESA

On Saturday (10/5/25), a 53-year-old Soviet spacecraft is expected to crash into Earth.

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Entry is expected on May 10, 2025 at 08:16 UTC with an uncertainty of about 8.6 hours.
Sunita Williams and Butch Wilmore upon their arrival at the International Space Station. Photo: NASA

The two astronauts stranded on the space station have returned to Earth.

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Sonny Williams and Barry Wilmore complete a mission that extended from an initial eight-day plan to nine months.
The moment of the malfunction that caused the Starship spacecraft to break apart during the eighth test, March 6, 2025. Screenshot, SpaceX

SpaceX Starship explodes again

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SpaceX Starship explodes again
The simulation of the Amos 4 satellite. Source: Israel Aerospace Industries

The explosion in the Intelsat satellite endangers Amos 4

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The aerospace industry, which produced and operates the satellite, is performing maneuvers to keep away from fragments scattered from the Boeing satellite, which exploded about a week ago. The cause of the malfunction is still unclear. This is the second explosion of a Boeing-made satellite
The Starliner spacecraft in a photo of the Boeing crew test flight docked to the forward port of the Harmony module as the International Space Station orbited 423 km above the Mediterranean Sea. Credit: NASA

Boeing's Starliner spacecraft is stuck on the space station

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NASA and Boeing engineers continue to examine the helium leak from the spacecraft's engines and now the planned landing date of the Starliner is June 26. The extended crew has enough food, water and other supplies and there are no emergencies
The Starliner spacecraft separates from the Centaur launcher. Illustration: Boeing

The role of helium in the Starliner spacecraft

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We will try to briefly describe the role of helium in the Starliner's propulsion system, where are the risks when there is such a leak and why, in my opinion, Boeing's engineers approved the flight even though they knew before the launch
ADRAS-J mission. PR photo, Astroscale

Astroscale has successfully launched the world's first spacecraft to monitor space debris * will meet with a faulty Japanese satellite

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The ADRAS-J mission, which was launched into space to locate a piece of a defunct satellite 11 meters long and weighing 3 tons, will set new standards in the field of arrival and active removal of space debris, as well as in providing service to satellites
Dr. Ido Entavi, head of the master's degree program in systems engineering at Afka, the Academic College of Engineering in Tel Aviv. Photo: David Perathi.

The Peregrine crash and the series of failures: Ido Entavi, former CEO of SPACEIL: a failure in the systemic planning

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Entavi, currently head of the systems engineering program at Afka College, Entavi emphasizes the importance of systemic planning in complex projects. He also told about the meeting that made Berashit the prototype of the moon landings in the tenders of
This is what the Peregrine spacecraft looked like during its exit from the upper stage of the launcher. Photo: Astrobotic

Hot end for Peregrine lander: Burn up in atmosphere on Thursday, 19/1/24

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The spacecraft failed to reach lunar orbit due to a fuel leak that was discovered immediately upon its ejection from the upper stage of the launcher. Now NASA is helping Astrobotics investigate the malfunction
Explosive moment from the Sofer Habi launcher on 18.11.2023/XNUMX/XNUMX from the SPACEX broadcast

Another failure for SpaceX's Starship spaceship

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During the launch, all 33 Raptor engines were successfully ignited, and the spaceship disconnected from the Super Aby launcher as planned, but then the launcher exploded, and SpaceX decided to blow up the spaceship itself as well
The last communication from the Hakuto-R spacecraft three seconds before the scheduled landing. Screenshot from the live broadcast

The CEO of the Japanese ISPACE admits: the Hakuto-R spacecraft crashed on the moon

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As in the case of the Bereshit spaceship, the landing phase is critical * The person who was the chairman of the Israel Space Agency at the time of the Bereshit spacecraft crash says in a conversation with the Hadaan site: "In the Bereshit the engine was turned off because
The moment the Starship spacecraft exploded during a test flight on 20/4/2023. From the live broadcast of Spice X on YouTube

SPACEX's Starship spacecraft exploded four minutes after launch on its first full test flight

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Apparently the thrust of the first stage was not strong enough and the spacecraft was unable to separate from it. This is still an unmanned test flight and it seems that now the manned experiments will move away * This is the prototype
Cosmonauts Oleg Artemyev and Denis Matveev are pictured during a spacewalk on April 28, 2022, monitoring the station's new European robotic arm, which they also worked on during the 18/8 spacewalk that was interrupted by a malfunction in Artemyev's space suit

The spacewalk was stopped. The cosmonaut was called back to the space station

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Expedition 67 commander Oleg Artemyev received an order from the control center in Moscow to return to the station as soon as possible due to a malfunction in his space suit's battery
The Chinese space station Tiangong. The rockets that bring the components to it enter back into the atmosphere without control. Image: depositphotos.com

An uncontrolled Chinese launcher crashed in the Indian Ocean on Saturday

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The upper stage of the Long March 5 launcher that uploaded a module to the Chinese space station Tiangong about a week ago crashed. These launchers lack a control system for re-entry into the atmosphere
David Greenberg conducts the radio amateur connection operation between the students of space majors from all over the country who gathered at the Herzliya Science Center and Eitan Stiva at the space station. 14/4/2022. Photo: Avi Blizovsky

First for the site of the scientist: the Dokifat 3 satellite suddenly returned to operation and broadcasting after two years

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According to David Greenberg, a satellite communications instructor at the Herzliya Science Center, the listening was accidental, but was made possible by the fact that Dokifat 3 transmits in the same frequency range as terrestrial satellites. Now the students of the science center are trying
A visualization of the Starliner spacecraft docked at the space station. This will no longer happen in the current launch (20/12/19) a glitch. Illustration: Boeing

A malfunction in Boeing's Starliner spacecraft prevented it from reaching the space station * The spacecraft is supposed to carry astronauts to the station in the future

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The Soyuz MS-14 spacecraft as photographed on August 24, 2019 during its docking attempt at the space station. Photo: NASA

An unmanned spacecraft failed to dock at the International Space Station. Another attempt - Tuesday morning

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The moment of the announcement of the anomaly in the launch of a Vega-type launcher, about two minutes after the launch, and shortly after the activation of the second stage. In the graph on the right you can see the deviation of the launcher from its intended course, towards a crash. Screenshot from the official broadcast of Ariane.

Vega launcher exploded two minutes after launch * UAE photography satellite lost

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The Genesis crash site was photographed by the LRO spacecraft on April 22, 11 days after the landing attempt. Photo: NASA/GSFC/Arizona State University

NASA photographed the crash site of the Genesis spacecraft

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The long trajectory of the spacecraft in Genesis to the moon. Illustration: SPACEIL

The problem of the three bodies - why, despite the crash, this is a great achievement

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A selfie sent by the Genesis spacecraft from 22 km above the moon during the landing process that ultimately failed. Photo by SPACEIL and the Aerospace Industry.

The Genesis spaceship crashed when it fell at high speed from a height of ten kilometers

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Astronaut Michael Hague and cosmonaut Alexei Ovechinin experience tremors during the emergency landing in Kazakhstan after a launch malfunction. Screenshot from NASA TV

A Soyuz spacecraft carrying two crew members made an emergency landing in Kazakhstan after a launcher malfunction; They are in good condition;

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The Long March 5 launcher takes off after the launch at the Wenchang Spaceport on Hainan Island in China, yesterday at 14:23 (Israel time). Source: Xinhua.

The launch of the Chinese Long March 5 missile failed

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The Progress 65 cargo spaceship during preparation for launch. Photo: Roscosmos

A Russian cargo spacecraft crashed on the way to the space station

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The moment of the explosion of the Falcon 9 launcher with the Amos 6 satellite on it on September 1. Screenshot from YouTube

Elon Musk: The failure in Falcon 9 is unprecedented; Looking forward to returning to activity in mid-December

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The landing stages of Shipriley on Mars, as planned by the European Space Agency. Figure: ESA

Lost contact with Shipriley landing on Mars; The Exo Mars rover has safely entered its orbit

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A Falcon 9 launcher explosion on September 1, 2016 at the launch pad at Cape Canaveral Air Force Base, which serves as a space launch station alongside the nearby Kennedy Space Center. Photo from the base's security cameras.

Communication Space: Losing Amos 6 has a material impact on society; Facebook: We will have to do without satellite for now

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Testing antennas on the Amos 6 satellite at the aerospace industry facilities

The Aerospace Industry: We will be at the disposal of a communications space company * We hope that the state will act for the preservation of knowledge

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An explosion from SpaceX's Falcon 9 launcher on the launch pad in Florida with the satellite loaded 6. Screenshot from RT

SpaceX first response: the explosion of the Falcon 9 and Amos 6 happened due to an anomaly in the launch pad, and not in the rocket itself

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Explosion at the SpaceX launch pad at Cape Canaveral. Photo: NASA's Kennedy Space Center

Explosion at the SPACEX launch pad at Cape Canaveral * Prof. Ben Israel: the Amos 6 satellite was destroyed

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The rig and the fragments of the tinel are dragged to shore. Photo: from Elon Musk's Twitter page.

SpaceX failed in its attempt to land the first stage of the Falcon 9 launcher on a naval pad

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Moment of explosion from SpaceX's Falcon-9 launcher, 28/6/15. Screenshot from NASA TV

Summary of 2015 in space, part XNUMX: failures and successes

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The satellite is loaded 5. Image: Wikipedia

Space Communications lost contact with the Amos 5 satellite

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The Falcon-9 explosion on 28/6/2015. Photo: NASA

In space launches, failure is always an option

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Moment of explosion from SpaceX's Falcon-9 launcher, 28/6/15. Screenshot from NASA TV

A SpaceX launcher carrying a supply spacecraft to the space station exploded in the air; NASA Administrator: We will assist in the investigation

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Samantha Cristoforti, an astronaut from the European Space Agency on the International Space Station. Her return to Earth is delayed. Photo: NASA

About three weeks after the crash of the cargo spacecraft destined for the space station - failure of a second launch to Russia * The launch of the astronauts to the station was postponed

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The Beagle 2 spacecraft as it would have looked if it had landed safely on Mars. Figure: European Space Agency

The lost spacecraft Beagle-2 was found on the Martian soil, apparently unharmed but also without communication capability

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The International Space Station as seen on April 17, 2010 from the space shuttle Discovery as it left the station

Fear of an ammonia leak in the space station necessitated the evacuation of the American wing. Peace to the team

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The nucleus of Comet 67P Churyumov-Grasimenko as imaged by Rosetta's Navigation Camera, December 7, 2014

Summary of 2014 Part I - Man in space: the landing on the comet, the test flight of Orion and the space disasters

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Venus Express. Figure: European Space Agency

Venus Express - the end? The European Space Agency lost control of the spacecraft

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Richard Branson is practicing flying Spaceship-2. From the Virgin Galactic website

"The damage to the space tourism industry will only be in the short term, it is clear to everyone that there is a risk in technological developments"

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Landing (previous) of the spacecraft Spaceship-2. From the Virgin Galactic website

Tourist spaceship Spaceship-2: no second chance for landing * Branson: the project will continue

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One of the two pieces of the Spaceship 2 spacecraft tail on the ground in the Mojave desert, minutes after the spacecraft disintegrated during a test flight. Photo: Mujabi's army and emergency response team

Updates from the crash site of the spaceship-2 tourist spacecraft

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Debris of the SpaceShip 2 spacecraft that crashed during a test flight in the Mojave Desert, October 31, 2014. From Twitter

Second space accident in a week, one dead and one injured in the crashes of Virgin's Spaceship-2 spacecraft planned to fly space tourists

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Menachem Kidron (Photo: Lehi Avidan)

"Rocket engines are extremely sensitive to malfunctions, so the production process must be planned and all production stages must be thoroughly checked"

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Another angle of yesterday's Hunters missile explosion in Viragdiniya. Photo: NASA

The catastrophic failure of the Hunter missile - personal testimony * Russian supply spacecraft took off safely

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An explosion from Orbital Sciences' Anthras launcher carrying a supply spacecraft to the space station on October 28, 2014. Photo: NASA from the agency's Twitter feed.

A private rocket carrying supplies to the space station exploded on launch in Virginia

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