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WHAT IS THE HISTORY OF THE VESSEL/AIRCRAFT

• The airship was one of the largest blimp ever built
• Known as the "Zepplin"
• It carried 36 passengers and a crew of 61

When did this tragedy happen?

Thursday, May 6,1937

What happened? How many died/survived?
It caught fire
There were 35 fatalities and and there was one death of a ground crewman.

How did it happen and what caused it?
It caught fire and was destroyed during its attempt to dock with it mooring mast. It has not been determined.

Where did this take place? And what caused it?

Lakehurst, New Jersey.

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PRIMARY SOURCES

• Several witnesses on the port-side saw yellow-red flames
• Other witnesses saw the fire begin on the horizontal port fin

What lessons were learned, or did it change the way we travel?
We don't travel blimps anymore.

QUIZ!!
When did it happen?
A.March 25,1997
B. April 20,1930
C.May 6,1937
D.May 7,1937

THE TITANIC

What is the history of the vessel/ aircraft
The largest moveable man made object in the world at that period in time.

When did this tragedy happen?
April 15, 1912

What happened? How many died/survived?
The titanic sunk.
1500 died and 700 survived.

How did it happen? What caused it?
The captain didn't have time to turn the boat away from the iceberg.
The iceberg.

WHERE DID IT TAKE PLACE

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PRIMARY SOURCES
Forgotten journal reveals how a 17-year-old man survived 1912 disaster


I wound my watch — it was 11:45 pm — and was just about to step into bed when I seemed to sway slightly. I immediately realized that the ship had veered to port as though she had been gently pushed. If I had had brimful glass of water in my hand, not a drop would have been spilled, the shock was so slight.

Almost instantaneously the engines stopped.

The sudden quiet was startling and disturbing. Like the subdued quiet in a sleeping car, at a stop, after a continuous run. Not a sound except the breeze whistling through the half-open port. Then there was the distant noise of running feet and muffled voices, as several people hurried through the passageway. Very shortly the engines started up again — slowly — not with the bright vibration to which we were accustomed, but as though they were tired. After very few revolutions they again stopped.

What lesson were learned or did it change the way traveled?
They will watch a lot better and they will be ready to turn the boat if there is an iceberg near by.

QUIZ:
What happened to the titanic?
A. hit a iceberg
B. Flipped over
C. Caught on fire
D. Broke down

CHALLENGER

What is the history of the vessel/aircraft
It was NASA's 2nd space shuttle orbiter to be put in service, Columbia having been the 1st

When did this tragedy happen?
January 28,1986

What happened? How many died/survived.
Exploded 73 sec. After liftoff, broke apart and disintegrated over the Atlantic Ocean. Seven died.

How did it happen? What caused it?
The freezing temperatures hitting Florida before the launch caused the rubber O-rings that seal the different sections of the solid fuel boosters to become brittle. About a minute after launch, a violent wind shear struck the craft, causing much of the asembly to flex. At this point one of the O-rings failed, causing a jet of burning gases to vent towards the external fuel tank.

Where did this take place?
The spacecraft disintegrated over the Atlantic Ocean, off the coast of Cape Canaveral, Florida

Show the layout of vessel/aircraft?

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Primary sources
A BBC News report was typical of most news broadcasts, claiming that, “The explosion was witnessed by millions on live TV.”

What lesson were learned or did it change the way we travel? One of the biggest lessons that NASA learned from the Challenger disaster was a basic flaw in the ways potential risks were handled. The day before, Thiokol engineers argued that cold temperatures, projected to be the coldest recorded in Florida, would aggravate the O-ring problem. Neither Thiokol nor Marshall managers accepted their arguments that the cold was hazardous, and the managers decided to launch 51-L."

QUIZ: where did this take place?
A.over the Pacific Ocean
B. Arctic ocean
C.Mediterranean Sea
D. Atlantic Ocean

What is the history of the vessel/aircraft?
Columbia was named after the historical poetic name for the United States of America. Construction began on Columbia in 1975 at Rockwell International.

When did this tragedy happen?
February 1, 2003

What happened? How many died/survived?
Columbia broke up as it returned to Earth. Killed 7 people.

How did it happen? What caused it?
An investigation board determined that a large piece of foam fell from the shuttle's external tank and fatally breached the spacecraft wing.

Where did this take place?
Over Texas and Louisiana

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The dead or unconscious astronauts would have been flung around in their seats by the shuttle's violent motion because their upper-body seatbelts failed. As a consequence, they would have suffered fatal blows to the head because their helmets were not adequately designed to protect them, according to the report's authors.

What lesson were learned or did it change the way we traveled?
All of the lessons the agency learned were incorporated into every subsequent flight NASA flew, and are now being used to inform the design of its next-generation spaceship, Orion.

OUIZ: when did it take place?
A. February 1,2003
B. May 1,2004
C. April 6,2003
D. July 25,2005