10 YEARS TODAY: The spine-chilling explosion footage of the Russian Proton-M rocket

DRAMARIC VIDEO: Rare footage of Russia’s Proton M rocket explosion ten years ago on July 2 2013 slow motion full HD. On the fateful Tuesday morning, an uncrewed Russian Proton M rocket crashed and exploded just seconds after takeoff from the Baikonur Cosmodrome, a spaceport in Kazakhstan. Here’s a dramatic footage of it. The rocket started to wobble almost immediately after launch, losing stabilization. It pitched over, and the upper section of the rocket broke off, most likely due to aerodynamic stress; that part is not designed to withstand a fierce sideways wind. Moments later, the entire rocket crashed to the ground and exploded into a ball of fire. #roscosmos #protonm #rocketfail