Russian Booster Quality Questioned

Russia's most active launch vehicle, the 1-million-lb.-thrust SL-4 ``Soyuz,'' has failed twice in a row, slowing Russian military reconnaissance operations and jeopardizing the schedule for resupply of the Mir space station. The failures June 20 and May 14, both during the launch of military imaging...

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