I like this one:
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Service module failed to separate resulting in nose-first re-entry. The bolts connecting the service module to the re-entry capsule finally burned through and the capsule turned around, heat shield forward, just before the forward hatch melted. All capsule propellant was exhausted and the cosmonaut made a 9-G uncontrolled re-entry, landing hundreds of kilometres short. At the celebration of his return, the cosmonaut is shot at during an attempt to assasinate the Soviet premier.
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All that happened during the flight, then the poor sob gets shot at besides!
Wasn't there an incident with the Mear (sp) where a cargo vessel slammed into it while performing an automated docking maneuver? Come to think of it, they don't list any Mear incidences. I seem to recall there being quite a few in the later stages of its life.