Description Rocket launching in the early days was, quit literally, a "hit-or-miss" affair. This 10 minute music video shows some of our early rocket failure, and a few successful launches, set to the music of Pomp And Circumstance. Thanks to www.spacearium.comrocket, launch, failures, explosions, mishaps, liftoffs, success, NASA, Cape, Canaveral, launching, blastoff, blow-upEarly US rocket and space launch failures and explosionhttp://gdata.youtube.com/feeds/api/videos/gp_D8r-2hwk2010-09-21T19:19:23.000Z2012-05-24T19:50:00.000ZLonger video of 'Ariane 5' Rocket first launch failure/explosionPeople have uploaded shorter copies, but here's a longer copy of the Ariane 5 rocket's ill-fated first launch, which ended in explosion back in 1996. Now a quite reliable rocket, the failure was caused by a "software bug". As it was an unmanned flight, there were no victims, but it was an expensive blunder, destroying the scientific "Cluster" spacecraft, which luckily managed to get the funding be re-built for a later mission. In this video, you see the engine starting, the countdown announcer, most of the launch, the rocket's failure, and people watching debris falling from the sky.JeiceTheWarriorhttp://gdata.youtube.com/feeds/api/users/JeiceTheWarriorTechPeople have uploaded shorter copies, but here's a longer copy of the Ariane 5 rocket's ill-fated first launch, which ended in explosion back in 1996. Now a quite reliable rocket, the failure was caused by a "software bug". As it was an unmanned flight, there were no victims, but it was an expensive blunder, destroying the scientific "Cluster" spacecraft, which luckily managed to get the funding be re-built for a later mission. In this video, you see the engine starting, the countdown announcer, most of the launch, the rocket's failure, and people watching debris falling from the sky.
