Tianlong-3 Accidentally Launched During a Planned Static Fire
by Brian Wang from NextBigFuture.com on (#6NWXH)
Amateur footage captured by Gongyi citizens and posted on Chinese social media shows Tianong-3, nine-engine test stage igniting and taking off. Hold-down clamps and other structures usually prevent takeoff during a firing test. The stage is seen climbing into the sky before halting, apparently with its engines shutting off, and falling to Earth. The stage ...