On March 23, 1994, Aeroflot Flight 593 from Moscow to Hong Kong stalled and crashed, killing 75 people. The pilot's 15-year-old son accidentally disabled the autopilot while in the captain's seat, causing the aircraft to bank heavily to the right, creating the stall.

This first manned flight of the Gemini spacecraft was very much a test flight. In a playful reference to the Broadway hit The Unsinkable Molly Brown, Gus Grissom nicknamed the Gemini 3 spacecraft "Molly Brown," hoping that it would not duplicate his experience with Liberty Bell 7. A couple firsts were achieved on Gemini 3: two people fle