North Korea’s latest satellite launch is being viewed as another step forward in the country’s development of a long-range missile capable of carrying a warhead.
As Jared Isaacman and his three fellow crewmates were freeflying through Earth’s orbit, shielded from the unforgiving vacuum of space by nothing but a 13-foot-wide carbon-fiber capsule, an alarm started blaring.
A group of 21 current and former employees at Blue Origin, the rocket company founded by Jeff Bezos, co-signed an essay speaking out against what they describe as a toxic workplace where “professional dissent” is “actively stifled,” and certain male leaders routinely engage in sexist behavior.
Read CNN’s Fast Facts to learn more about space accidents. The first space-related fatality happened in 1960 when a rocket exploded in Kazakhstan, killing 165 people.