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NASA Test Lander Crashes & Burns

Posted Aug 10, 2012 by Member 26835147

First post-crash explosion is at 1:56. Second is at 6:21. CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. - An apparent hardware malfunction caused a prototype NASA lander to crash and explode seconds into a test flight Thursday at Kennedy Space Center, destroying the vehicle. Around 12:40 p.m., the lander called Morpheus rose 10 feet from its pad near the center of the shuttle runway before it turned over, fell to the ground and burst into flames. A dramatic, larger explosion followed about 12 seconds later, according to video of the event streamed live online and broadcast later in the afternoon on NASA TV. KSC firefighters controlled the blaze. No one was injured. NASA officials called the failure a disappointment but said the Morpheus program could continue testing with a new lander in a matter of months.

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  1. 30301101
    30301101 Feb 19, 2013

    "lander"?, that much fuel for a lander? seems to me that it was enough fuel for more than just a landing, anyway it seems that someone forgot to turn on the nozzle servos, you'd think that the system would be set up to prevent ignition if the nozzle wasn't able to move

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    30301101 Feb 19, 2013

    maybe it was a problem with a gyro sensor?

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