its rocket science you know Blooper reels (how not to rocket)

[Steven P. Administrators]

Can we have a thread with bloopers and fails?

 

I'll start

 

 

[The Evil Overlord]

Well, technically, it was a failed take off

 

 

[FloatingFatMan]

^ Best. Top Gear. Episode. Ever!

 

Now, if it's rocket failure's you want (missiles are rockets too!), then I think North Korea will provide endless hours of laughter...

 

 

[Jim K Global Moderator]

Some V2 rocket failures...

 

 

[DocM]

Ariane 5 #1

 

 

 

 

[Beittil]

Coincidentally also due to a programming error that almost ruined their latest launch

[Jim K Global Moderator]

I had forgot about this classic...

 

 

The "Four-Inch flight"

https://history.nasa.gov/SP-4201/ch9-7.htm

 

[DocM]

January 17, 1997 Delta II explosion

 

Or, "why SRB's can be a real bad idea...."

 

 

 

 

 

[Jim K Global Moderator]

 

 

Vanguard TV3 (TV3 as in Test Vehicle Three) ... made it about 4 feet up.  The Vanguard TV3 satellite survived the explosion being thrown some distance ... damaged but still intact and functional.  It is now at the Smithsonian.  

 

[DocM]

Orbital Sciences Antares, launching Cygnus ORB-3 to ISS with logistical payloads.

 

Launch site: Mid-Atlantic Regional Spaceport (MARS) at  Wallops Island, Virginia

 

40+ year old surplus Russian NK-33 rocket engines, originally designed as an upgrade for the N1's NK-15 engines. Poorly stored etc. then some debris in a propellant line sealed its fate. Orbital then moved on to new RD-181 engines.

 

 

 

[xendrome]

 

Too soon?

[Jim K Global Moderator]

Happened today ...

 

"The launch of what would have been Japan’s first privately developed rocket to reach outer space failed Saturday after it burst into flames just seconds after liftoff from Hokkaido."

[DocM]

Oops....that one won't buff right out ?

Edited July 1, 2018 by DocM

[BetaguyGZT]

No, it will not. Ouch level 10.

[Jim K Global Moderator]

 

[DocM]

The early Atlas used a stainless steel "balloon" tank as little as  0.1" thick. If the nitrogen  pressurization system failed....

[Draggendrop Veteran]

Looks like you guys have covered the main ones.

 

While I was looking for a particular one, I came across this "rocket attack failure. It is a bit off topic but worth it...just turn down the "chant tunes"

 

I laughed so hard..I was hoping there was a series on this.

 

This is an ISIS propaganda video on launching small hand rockets. It immediately reminded me of the three stooges and there leader as a multi personality enthusiast with a glued on plaid beard.

 

This is so bad/funny that I have a hunch that this must have been staged...this is just too funny to be real.

 

 

 

[Beittil]

That banner text, haha. Liberation Army Against Freedom. 

 

Anyway, it is a Dutch spoof vid warning people to securely mount launch installations for fireworks 💥

[Draggendrop Veteran]

8 hours ago, Beittil said:

That banner text, haha. Liberation Army Against Freedom. 

 

Anyway, it is a Dutch spoof vid warning people to securely mount launch installations for fireworks 💥

That was a hilarious spoof...know of any more.....(taps fingers in anticipation)....

[Jim K Global Moderator]

Space startup Astra's failed attempt yesterday ...

 

 

 

Have to hand it to their flight guidance ... rocket was going sideways (due to an engine failure...you can see a small explosion at the base popping off a covering) ... but still managed ~30 km in altitude before they sent the flight termination command.

 

...another angle...

 

 

Edit:

 

Scott Manley got jokes...

 

 

 

[FloatingFatMan]

I feel really sorry for them, but Manley's tweet is hilarious!  I hope they can see the funny side and work towards a successful launch next time.  

[DocM]

SpaceX's "How Not to Land an Orbital Rocker Booster" - showing their failed attempts before success.

 

Last night they landed their 90th booster on the new droneship, A Shortfall of Gravitas

 

 

CRS-23

[DocM]

1997: Delta 2 rocket GPS-II satellite launch, one of the biggest exp!onions at Cape Canaveral. 

 

A solid booster blew, taking out the other solids and triggering a self-destruct at 1600 feet. With Challenger, a good example why solid boosters are a bad idea for crewed vehicles. Burning solid rocket fuel fragments scorched the entire area.

 

 

[Jim K Global Moderator]

Another one ... startup Firefly Aerospace suffered a spectacular RUD yesterday.  Appears that the rocket started to go out of control and the self-destruct command was sent (I'm assuming, or it broke apart and exploded)

 

 

 

 

Around the 2:20 mark

[DocM]

On 03/09/2021 at 11:03, Jim K said:

Another one ... startup Firefly Aerospace suffered a spectacular RUD yesterday.  Appears that the rocket started to go out of control and the self-destruct command was sent (I'm assuming, or it broke apart and exploded)

 

Around the 2:20 mark

 

U.S. Space Force Delta 30 at Vandenberg SFB sent the flight termination command.