While nobody got hurt in any of these incidents, these scary moments show the value of good astronaut training.
Astronaut Robert Stewart during Manned Maneuvering Unit (MMU) Exercise untethered above the Earth on Feb. 11, 1984.(Image credit: HUM Images/Universal Images Group via Getty Images)
Elizabeth Howell (she/her), Ph.D., was a staff writer in the spaceflight channel between 2022 and 2024 specializing in Canadian space news. She was contributing writer for Space.com for 10 years from 2012 to 2024. Elizabeth's reporting includes multiple exclusives with the White House, leading world coverage about a lost-and-found space tomato on the International Space Station, witnessing five human spaceflight launches on two continents, flying parabolic, working inside a spacesuit, and participating in a simulated Mars mission. Her latest book, "Why Am I Taller?" (ECW Press, 2022) is co-written with astronaut Dave Williams.
