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Accidents happen. Even at NASA where they have strong testing and integrity procedures.

A rocket carrying a GPS 2R just seconds into the mission explodes.
More than 250 tons of flaming debri and...

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Lithium reacts with chlorine, a violent reaction happens and lithium starts to burn instantly.

This video was done by University of Oxford.

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A nuclear flask made out of 280 tons of solid steel. It is important that these flasks are safe so they are tested extensively!

At one of the tests where the flask was filled with water and...

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Hinode captured a total eclipse in orbit on 19th March 2007, while it was just a partial eclipse on the ground.
These data are used to measure scatterd light of telescopes. X-ray Telescope (XRT)...

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A small amount of lithium is heated and it reacts very quickly with oxygen creating a burst.

This video was created by University of Oxford.

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burning, lithium, reaction, fire, air, oxygen