Fatal Spaceflight Accidents - Statistics

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Cause of the death	Accident	% Correct
Space Shuttle blows up shortly after liftoff	Challenger Disaster	93%
Space Shuttle is torn apart during reentry as a result of thermal shield failure	Columbia Disaster	93%
Parachute failure during reentry caused the capsule to crash into the ground	Soyuz 1	50%
Decompression in space, capsule made a safe return to Earth but the crew died	Soyuz 11	37%
Electrical issue caused the spaceplane to lose control and crash	X-15 Crash	23%

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