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Magnificent cinematic footage of Chinese rocket exploding into fireball just 1.6-feet away from a perfect landing

Allan Rose Hill
Sep 25, 2024
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image: Deep Blue Aerospace
image: Deep Blue Aerospace

Private Chinese space firm Deep Blue Aerospace launched is Nebula 1 last weekend and captured the cinematic video below of the mission. You can watch the entire 172-second flight, from its liftoff in Inner Mongolia to its return to Earth to, um, the massive explosion when its engine accidentally shut off just 1.6-feet above the…

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