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Mercury-Atlas 1 (MA-1) was the first attempt to launch a Mercury capsule and occurred on July 29, 1960 at Cape Canaveral, Florida.The spacecraft was unmanned and carried no launch escape system.
Some insects explode altruistically, at the expense of the individual in defense of its colony; the process is called autothysis. Several species of ants, such as Camponotus saundersi in southeast Asia, can explode at will to protect their nests from intruders. [12] [13] C. saundersi, a species of carpenter ant, can self-destruct by autothysis ...
On January 28, 1986, the Space Shuttle Challenger broke apart 73 seconds into its flight, killing all seven crew members aboard. The spacecraft disintegrated 46,000 feet (14 km) above the Atlantic Ocean, off the coast of Cape Canaveral, Florida, at 16:39:13 UTC (11:39:13 a.m. EST, local time at the launch site).
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At approximately 7:30 a.m. PST, the truck arrived in Las Vegas.The truck had been rented in Colorado using Turo, a peer-to-peer carsharing service, and authorities suspect it had been fitted with a detonation system composed of fireworks, gas tanks, and camping fuel. [5]
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The Chernobyl nuclear power plant is located next to the Pripyat River, which feeds into the Dnieper reservoir system, one of the largest surface water systems in Europe, which at the time supplied water to Kiev's 2.4 million residents, and was still in spring flood when the accident occurred.
A van collided with a S.U.V. causing the van to explode, setting fire to other cars. [155] This incident occurred due to Tropical Storm Claudette. 27 June 2021 Bangladesh: Maghbazar, Dhaka: 11 100+ 2021 Moghbazar explosion – Gas explosion at a three-story building. [156] 17 July 2021 Kenya: between Kisumu and Busia: 13 24