Rocket Launches That Went Horribly Wrong

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Since rockets were first invented, several thousand of them have been launched into space with varying degrees of success. Some of these were just sounding rockets, and others have been massive machines like the 363-foot high Saturn V rocket. The learning curve for getting rockets from the ground into space has been a steep one however and even today tiny errors or unforeseen circumstances can result in catastrophic failure and disaster...
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10. The Alcantara Explosion
9. The Nedelin Catastrophe
8. Falcon 1’s Faulty Nut
7. Falcon 9’s Faulty Strut
6. Proton-M’s Chain of Problems
5. The Vanguard TV-3 Flop
4. GOES-G Didn’t Go
3. Cosmos 1 Couldn’t Sail
2. Mad Mike Hughes and the Flat Earth Rocket
1. The Challenger Disaster

Source/Further reading:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Chinese_rocket.png
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OSPyXTjIrnk&ab_channel=CBSNews
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:2003_Alc%C3%A2ntara_VLS_accident.jpg
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Acidente_de_Alcantara-02.jpg
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sC8kQgzufm8&ab_channel=EduardoOliveira
https://ru.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=%D0%A4%D0%B0%D0%B9%D0%BB:Nedelin_Disaster_2.jpg&filetimestamp=20071202031521&
https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:%D0%9C%D0%B5%D0%BC%D0%BE%D1%80%D0%B8%D0%B0%D0%BB_%D0%BF%D0%BE%D0%B3%D0%B8%D0%B1%D1%88%D0%B8%D0%BC_%D0%B8%D1%81%D0%BF%D1%8B%D1%82%D0%B0%D1%82%D0%B5%D0%BB%D1%8F%D0%BC.jpg?uselang=ru
https://ru.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=%D0%A4%D0%B0%D0%B9%D0%BB:Nedelin_Disaster_1.jpg&filetimestamp=20071202031500&
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bpX6HHBdEwo&ab_channel=MJRbooger
http://www.spacesafetymagazine.com/space-disasters/nedelin-catastrophe/historys-launch-padfailures-nedelin-disaster-part-1/
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Nedelin_catastrophe.jpg
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Falcon_1_Flight_4_liftoff.jpg
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Falcon_1_Flight_4_liftoff.jpg
https://www.space.com/2643-falcon-1-failure-traced-busted-nut.html
https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Launch_of_Falcon_9_carrying_CRS-6_Dragon_(17170624642).jpg
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OAX7UFd70M8&ab_channel=SciNews
https://www.space.com/29994-spacex-rocket-explosion-cause-faulty-strut.html
https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Night_start_of_Proton-M_rocket_with_Blagovest_satellite_17.08.2017.jpg
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kM67H1rktP8&ab_channel=%D0%9C%D0%B0%D0%BA%D1%81%D0%B8%D0%BC%D0%9B%D0%B8%D1%81
https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:At_the_Launch_Pad,_Proton-M.jpg?uselang=ru
https://spacepolicyonline.com/news/proton-m-failure-due-to-same-design-flaw-that-doomed-1988-mission/
http://www.parabolicarc.com/2018/03/26/russian-launch-failures-arent-bug-theyre-feature/
https://pixy.org/895715/
https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Vanguard_rocket_explodes.jpg?uselang=ru
https://www.pxfuel.com/en/free-photo-xnzcl
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zVeFkakURXM&ab_channel=NASALangleyCRGIS
https://www.nasa.gov/feature/60-years-ago-vanguard-fails-to-reach-orbit
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:GOES_G_Spac0244.jpg
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=N1XE_awXEA4&ab_channel=3210andLiftoff
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:GOES_G_ends_Spac0243.jpg
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Cosmos1_in_orbit.jpg
https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Planetary_society.jpg?uselang=ru
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FPlZ0MNHerw&ab_channel=SpaceRenaissance
https://www.space.com/1522-mystery-cosmos-1.html
https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Antares_rocket_launch_April_21,_2013.jpg
https://www.cbc.ca/news/world/rocket-scientist-mad-mike-hughes-blasts-off-california-1.4592170
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2pbnbQZcAWs&feature=emb_logo&ab_channel=USATODAY
https://www.npr.org/2020/02/23/808645524/daredevil-mad-mike-hughes-killed-in-crash-of-homemade-rocket
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Challenger_explosion.jpg
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_SN1rf-a368&ab_channel=3210andLiftoff
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Challenger_breakup_cabin.jpg
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:STS-51-L_-_Space_Shuttle_Challenger_on_the_Crawler-Transporter.jpg
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nmAbcDud2L8&ab_channel=CNN

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