Fatal Spaceflight Accidents

Accidents have killed 15 astronauts and 4 cosmonauts in five separate incidents. Name them all.

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Cause of the death	Accident
Parachute failure during reentry caused the capsule to crash into the ground	Soyuz 1
Electrical issue caused the spaceplane to lose control and crash	X-15 Crash
Decompression in space, capsule made a safe return to Earth but the crew died	Soyuz 11

Cause of the death	Accident
Space Shuttle blows up shortly after liftoff	Challenger Disaster
Space Shuttle is torn apart during reentry as a result of thermal shield failure	Columbia Disaster

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