Software Testing Blog: History's Most (In)Famous Software FailuresMonday, November 26, 2007 History's Most (In)Famous Software Failures 1. July 28, 1962 - Mariner I space probe A bug in the flight software for the Mariner 1 causes the rocket to divert from its intended path on launch. Mission control destroys the rocket over the Atlantic Ocean. The investigation into the accident discovers that a formula written on paper in pencil was improperly transcribed into
