January 17 – The Rocket That Exploded Immediately and Spectacularly

On January 17, 1997, a rocket carrying a GPS satellite exploded just 13 seconds after liftoff at Cape Canaveral. In this episode of The Strange History Podcast, Amy explores the strange true story behind the launch failure — the tiny defect that caused a massive explosion, the raining debris, and the aerospace lessons learned from a mission that ended almost as soon as it began.

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