_otd-in-space-may-8-centaur-rocket-explodes-during-maiden-flight.jpg "OTD In Space – May 8: Centaur Rocket Explodes During Maiden Flight from shuttle Video Screenshot Preview")
GalleryPlay Video:
(Note: The default playback of the video is HD VERSION. If your browser is buffering the video slowly, please play the REGULAR MP4 VERSION or Open The Video below for better experience. Thank you!)
⏲ Duration: 0:58
👁 View: 2.6M times
✓ Published: 09-May-2024
👁 View: 2.6M times
✓ Published: 09-May-2024
Description:
On May 8, 1962, NASA's new Centaur rocket exploded in mid-air during its first test flight. <br/><br/>The Centaur was an upper stage specially designed to launch heavier payloads into orbit. For its first launch, it flew on an Atlas rocket booster. The liftoff from Cape Canaveral went well at first. Then 54 seconds later, the Centaur suddenly exploded. Both the Centaur and the Atlas disintegrated at an altitude of nearly 30,000 feet (9,000 meters). An investigation determined that the insulation panels around the liquid hydrogen fuel tank couldn't withstand the pressure during the flight, so the tank ruptured. This was the first rocket launch to use liquid hydrogen in its propulsion system. NASA redesigned the Centaur and launched its first successful test flight the following year. Different versions of the Centaur have since been used to launch missions throughout the solar system, and they've even flown on space shuttles to help boost payloads out of low Earth orbit.
On May 8, 1962, NASA's new Centaur rocket exploded in mid-air during its first test flight. <br/><br/>The Centaur was an upper stage specially designed to launch heavier payloads into orbit. For its first launch, it flew on an Atlas rocket booster. The liftoff from Cape Canaveral went well at first. Then 54 seconds later, the Centaur suddenly exploded. Both the Centaur and the Atlas disintegrated at an altitude of nearly 30,000 feet (9,000 meters). An investigation determined that the insulation panels around the liquid hydrogen fuel tank couldn't withstand the pressure during the flight, so the tank ruptured. This was the first rocket launch to use liquid hydrogen in its propulsion system. NASA redesigned the Centaur and launched its first successful test flight the following year. Different versions of the Centaur have since been used to launch missions throughout the solar system, and they've even flown on space shuttles to help boost payloads out of low Earth orbit.
Share with your friends:
Whatsapp | Viber | Telegram | Line | SMS
Email | Twitter | Reddit | Tumblr | Pinterest
Related Videos
_200-iq-super-genius-badminton-plays.webp "Shuttle Flash")
_otd-in-space-may-11-final-hubble-servicing-mission-launches.webp "On May 11, 2009, the space shuttle Atlantis launched on the fifth and final servicing mission for the Hubble Space Telescope. <br/><br/>During mission STS-125, astronauts installed two new instruments on the telescope. One was the Cosmic Origins spectrograph, which allowed Hubble to observe faint objects in the cosmos in ultraviolet light. This would help researchers study the formation of galaxies and other large-scale structures in the universe. The second instrument was the Wide Field Camera 3, which replaced the old Wide Field and Planetary Camera 2 that was installed during the first servicing mission in 1993. This new camera could observe the universe in visible, near-infrared and near-ultraviolet light with a higher resolution and larger field of view than any of Hubble's older instruments. The crew completed their tasks in five spacewalks over the course of the 13-day mission.")
_the-buran-the-soviet-union39s-suspiciously-familiar-looking-space-shuttle.webp "Megaprojects")
⏲ 16 minutes 33 seconds 👁 176.1K
_hd-imax-shuttle-launch-hubble-2010-sts-125-excellent-quality.webp "Famiko")
_lin-tc-gy-tranh-ci-thy-thch-chn-quang-ng-hay-sai.webp "Củ Đậu Story")
_russian-bus-plunges-into-river-killing-passengers.webp "NBC News")
_otd-in-space-may-11-final-hubble-servicing-mission-launches.webp "On May 11, 2009, the space shuttle Atlantis launched on the fifth and final servicing mission for the Hubble Space Telescope. <br/><br/>During mission STS-125, astronauts installed two new instruments on the telescope. One was the Cosmic Origins spectrograph, which allowed Hubble to observe faint objects in the cosmos in ultraviolet light. This would help researchers study the formation of galaxies and other large-scale structures in the universe. The second instrument was the Wide Field Camera 3, which replaced the old Wide Field and Planetary Camera 2 that was installed during the first servicing mission in 1993. This new camera could observe the universe in visible, near-infrared and near-ultraviolet light with a higher resolution and larger field of view than any of Hubble's older instruments. The crew completed their tasks in five spacewalks over the course of the 13-day mission.")
_is-apollo-1139s-lunar-module-still-in-orbit-around-the-moon-52-years-later.webp "Scott Manley")
⏲ 11 minutes 7 seconds 👁 1.9M
_200-iq-super-genius-badminton-plays.jpg)
_otd-in-space-may-11-final-hubble-servicing-mission-launches.jpg)
_the-buran-the-soviet-union39s-suspiciously-familiar-looking-space-shuttle.jpg)
_hd-imax-shuttle-launch-hubble-2010-sts-125-excellent-quality.jpg)
_lin-tc-gy-tranh-ci-thy-thch-chn-quang-ng-hay-sai.jpg)
_russian-bus-plunges-into-river-killing-passengers.jpg)
_otd-in-space-may-11-final-hubble-servicing-mission-launches.jpg)
_is-apollo-1139s-lunar-module-still-in-orbit-around-the-moon-52-years-later.jpg)
![[+]](/images/menu.gif){kind=small}