launched fromUSA

Missile test

Name: Missile test
Start: 1957-01-26T00:00:00Z
Location: Canaveral

Failure

JAN 26195700:00:00 UTC

Maiden flight of Thor, first launch from LC-17. Contaminated LOX caused loss of thrust at liftoff. Vehicle fell back onto the pad and exploded.

LIFTOFF

JAN 26 1957

00:00:00 UTC

Failure

launched fromLC-17BCanaveral

aboardThor DM-18Thor 101intoSuborbital

Payload

Unnamed payload

Missile test