S4E24, Equestria Games - Deleted Scene

It’s sleeping in the oven! :D

You know where the source is by now.

Sweetie Boom by mysticalpha

The launch of Gemini 11.

Always remember to release the parking brake when towing.

The crawler-transporter inches the Apollo 12 rocket from the Vehicle Assembly Building to the pad at Launch Complex 39 at Cape Canaveral .

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Your Smile Hides Your Pain by SkyeyPony

Twilight’s Rainbow Power form by FantasyBlade

And this time a S-Ic  S-II separation from the FREAKING APOLLO 11! The same rocket that put men on the Moon! This time from the external perspective (also known as “staying on the ground, NOT GOING TO THE FREAKING MOON!”).

As before, expect fanboying and trivia below.

You can see the first stage (S-Ic) cutoff, as a sudden decrease in the size of the exhaust plume. At that time, only four outboard engines were firing, the center one was shut down as expected, to prevent pogo oscillations (oscillations + rockets != good_things)

The big explosion was just the stage separation. Using explosives to separate huge stacks of explosives. Surprisingly a good idea.

Even though the S-Ic engines were already shut down, they still produced some leftover exhaust, which you can easily see