5 Of The Most Frightening Moments In The History Of Spaceflight

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Luca Parmitano (pictured) had a terrifying spacewalk in 2013. NASA.

Halloween is that time of year when we celebrate the scary, terrifying, and downright spooky. So what better time to look at some of the most hair-raising moments in space?

We’ve been a space-faring species for almost six decades now, and along the way there have been some nail-biting moments when catastrophe seemed imminent. From seemingly doomed manned space missions to an incredible landing on another world, we take a look at some of the most terrifying near-misses to occur in the history of spaceflight.

Out of control in Earth orbit